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CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea's coalition of political and civil society groups have chosen veteran activist Jean-Marie Dore as candidate for prime minister of the world's top bauxite exporter, a source close to their talks said on Monday.

Dore is leader of the Union for the Progress of Guinea (UPG) party and, like temporarily exiled junta chief Moussa Dadis Camara, comes from one of the minority ethnic groups of Guinea's Forestiere region.

"Jean-Marie Dore has been chosen on the basis of the criteria we listed at a meeting attended by representatives of poltical parties and social groups," said opposition figure Etienne Soropogui, who was present at the meeting.

Interim junta chief Sekouba Konate has yet to approve Dore to head a transitional government that would lead the West African country towards elections and end the political crisis that began with Camara's military coup in December 2008.

The crisis deepened when security forces killed more than 150 people at a pro-democracy march in September, a massacre for which the United Nations says Camara was responsible.

Konate, the junta's second in command, assumed control when Camara was shot in a failed assassination attempt last month.

A frail Camara spoke in public in Burkina Faso on Sunday, his first address since he was wounded in the attack, to say he backed the move towards elections.

The international community has demanded a vote since the coup, fearing instability within Guinea could spill over into what has historically been a volatile region.