Q:Facts: - death date: 26 february 1977 - office: minister of state for exchange - term end: 2 august 1976 - term start: 19 june 1972 - birth date: october 1926 - name: alpha oumar barry - nationality: guinean - birth place: hamidouya Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of alpha oumar barry .
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alpha oumar barry -lrb- 1925 -- 1977 -rrb- was a guinean politician , a member of the cabinet of president ahmed sekou toure in the first guinean republic , who was later arrested and died at camp boiro .alpha oumar was born in 1925 , and trained as a doctor in bordeaux , france .he was appointed chief medical officer in kindia .alpha oumar was appointed minister of state for exchange in the cabinet announced on 19 june 1972 .he was also a member of the political bureau of the democratic party of guinea -lrb- pdg -rrb- .at a press conference on 2 august 1976 , sekou toure announced the arrest in conakry of several plotters , including telli diallo , alpha oumar barry , lamine kouyate and alioune drame .both alpha oumar and alioune drame had been childhood friends of telli diallo .after his arrest , the camp commandant siaka toure transmitted a series of messages to alpha oumar from president toure demanding that he confess to being a plotter to save the face of the revolution .eventually alpha oumar gave in and made a confession .on 12 february 1977 , alpha oumar and others were placed on a '' black diet '' , meaning they were deprived of food and water .he died on 26 february 1977 .