Ahmed Sékou Touré
At the death of Ahmed Sékou Touré in March 1984, on 3 April, Traoré supported a "coup d'état" led by Lieutenant Colonel Lansana Conté. The coup ousted interim President Louis Lansana Beavogui and the PDG. Conté made himself President and appointed Traoré Prime Minister. Conté, Traoré and others governed as a junta—the Military Committee of National Recovery (CMRN).