title: 2008 in Guinea
text: # 2008 in Guinea
  
  The following lists events that happened during 2008 in Guinea.
  
  ## Events
  
  ### May
  
  * May 27 - Protesting soldiers seize the deputy head of the Army of Guinea a week after Lansana Kouyate is dismissed as Prime Minister.
  
  ### December
  
  * December 23 - A military coup is announced in Guinea, hours after the death of President Lansana Conté.
  * December 30 - The National Council for Democracy and Development, the ruling military junta of Guinea after a recent coup, appoints Kabiné Komara as the country's new Prime Minister.
  