List of heads of state of Mali
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This is a list of heads of state of Mali since the country gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day.
A total of seven people have served as head of state of Mali (excluding three acting presidents). Additionally, two people, Amadou Toumani Touré and Assimi Goïta, have served on two non-consecutive occasions.
The current head of state of Mali is interim president Assimi Goïta, who took power for a second time on 24 May 2021, after dismissing previous interim president Bah Ndaw in the 2021 coup d'état.[1] He has since been constitutionally declared interim president of Mali.[2][3] Since the 2023 constitutional referendum held during Goita's leadership, Mali has shifted from a semi-presidential to a full presidential system, with the president serving as the head of government and dictating the policies of the government.[4]
Term limits
As of 2021, there is a two-term limit for the president in the Constitution of Mali. The term limit has not been met by any president yet.[5]
Succession
Article 53 of the Constitution entrusts the Prime Minister with the duties of the presidency during temporary absences. In the case of a definitive vacancy due to resignation, death, or permanent incapacitation, the President of the National Assembly assumes the functions of the president for a period of 90 to 120 days until a new president can be elected.
Titles
- 1960–1965: Head of State
- 1965–1968: President of the Republic
- 1968–1969: Chairman of the Military Committee for National Liberation
- 1969–1979: Head of State
- 1979–1991: President of the Republic
- 1991Script error: No such module "String".: Chairman of the National Reconciliation Council
- 1991–1992: Chairman of the Transitional Committee for the Salvation of the People
- 1992–2012: President of the Republic
- 2012Script error: No such module "String".: Chairman of the National Committee for the Restoration of Democracy and State
- 2012–2020: President of the Republic
- 2020Script error: No such module "String".: Chairman of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People
- 2020–present: President of the Transition
List of officeholders
- Political parties
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| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | Prime minister(s) | ||
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| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 1 | File:Modibo Keita 1961-09-13.jpg | Modibo Keïta (1915–1977)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1960 1964 |
20 June 1960 | 19 November 1968 (deposed)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 2 | File:Moussa Traoré (1989) (cropped).jpg | Moussa Traoré (1936–2020)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1974 1979 1985 |
19 November 1968 | 26 March 1991 (deposed)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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Diakité Dembelé |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| – | File:Amadou Toure cropped.jpg | Amadou Toumani Touré (1948–2020)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
— | 26 March 1991 | 8 June 1992 | Template:Ayd | Military | Sacko |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 3 | File:Alpha Oumar Konaré 2007-02-27.jpg | Alpha Oumar Konaré (born 1946)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1992 1997 |
8 June 1992 | 8 June 2002 | Template:Age in years years | ADEMA–PASJ | Sacko Touré Sow I. B. Keïta Mandé Sidibé Keita |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 4 | File:Amadou Toure cropped.jpg | Amadou Toumani Touré (1948–2020)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2002 2007 |
8 June 2002 | 22 March 2012 (deposed)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Template:Ayd | Independent | Hamani O. I. Maïga Modibo Sidibé C. M. K. Sidibé |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| – | File:Amadou Haya Sanogo December 2016.jpg | Amadou Sanogo (born 1972/73)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
— | 22 March 2012 | 12 April 2012 | Template:Ayd | Military | Position vacant |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| – | File:Dioncounda Traoré 2011-10-16 (2).jpg | Dioncounda Traoré (born 1942)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn |
— | 12 April 2012 | 4 September 2013 | Template:Ayd | ADEMA–PASJ | Diarra Sissoko |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 5 | File:Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta.jpg | Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (1945–2022)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2013 2018 |
4 September 2013 | 18 August 2020 (deposed)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Template:Ayd | RPM | Sissoko Ly Mara Keita A. I. Maïga S. B. Maïga Cissé |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| – | File:Linda Thomas-Greenfield met with Malian Transition President Goïta - 2021 (cropped).jpg | Assimi Goïta (born 1983)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
— | 18 August 2020 | 25 September 2020 | Template:Ayd | Military | Position vacant |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| – | File:Visit of Josep Borrell Fontelles, Vice-President of the European Commission, to Mali.jpg | Bah Ndaw (born 1950)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
— | 25 September 2020 | 24 May 2021 (deposed)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Template:Ayd | Independent | Ouane |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| – | File:Linda Thomas-Greenfield met with Malian Transition President Goïta - 2021 (cropped).jpg | Assimi Goïta (born 1983)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
— | 24 May 2021 | Incumbent | Template:Ayd | Military | C. K. Maïga A. Maïga |
Timeline
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Latest election
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See also
- Politics of Mali
- Vice President of Mali
- First Lady of Mali
- List of prime ministers of Mali
- List of colonial governors of Mali
Notes
References
External links
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