Ibrahim Boubacar Keita

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Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (2013)

Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta ( 29 January 1945 in Koutiala – 16 January 2022 in Bamako ) was a Malian politician . He was Prime Minister from 1994 to 2000 and Speaker of Parliament from 2002 to 2007. He was President of Mali from September 4, 2013 until his resignation on August 19, 2020.

early years

Keïta attended the Lycée Janson de Sailly in Paris and later the Lycée Askia-Mohamed in Bamako . He studied at the University of Dakar , at the Sorbonne and at the Institut d'histoire des relations Internationales contemporaines (IHRIC). He graduated with a Masters in History and a Diploma in Political Science and International Relations . After graduating, he worked for the Center national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) and studied the political systems in Third World countries .

After returning to Mali, he worked for the European Economic Community Development Fund . He also became the representative of the French branch of the non-governmental organization Terre des hommes for Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger .

Political career

During the transition to democracy, Keïta belonged to the Alliance pour la démocratie au Mali - Parti africain pour la solidarité et la justice (ADEMA-PASJ) movement and was leader of the electoral campaign of Alpha Oumar Konaré , who became president after winning the election on June 8, 1992 . Konaré appointed him his adviser on diplomatic questions. In November 1992 he became ambassador to Ivory Coast , Gabon , Burkina Faso and Niger. A year later he took over the post of Foreign Secretary with responsibility for Malians living abroad and African integration.

On February 4, 1994, President Konaré appointed him Prime Minister. He also became President of ADEMA-PASJ and in 1999 Vice-President of the Socialist International . During his tenure, tensions arose within his party. After his resignation as head of government on February 14, 2000, he gave up the presidency of ADEMA-PASJ in October 2000 and founded the Rassemblement pour le Mali (RPM) party with a few followers. In June 2001 he became President of the RPM. At that time he was considered one of the richest men in Mali.

In the presidential elections of 2002, after initial hesitation, he applied as the RPM's candidate to succeed Konaré. In the first ballot on April 28, 2002, he came third with 21.03% of the vote and was eliminated. The result of this election was initially disputed; in May, however, Keïta accepted his defeat and supported the eventual victor in the second ballot, General Amadou Toumani Touré .

In the July 2002 general election, his group became the largest force with 46 of the 147 seats and was part of a coalition called Espoir 2002 , which won a total of 66 seats. Keïta was elected Speaker of Parliament on September 16, 2002 and held this office until 2007. He was also President of the Executive Committee of the African Parliamentary Union.

He stood as the Movement for Mali candidate in the 2013 Mali presidential elections , winning the majority of votes but not an absolute majority, and ran against Soumaïla Cissé in a runoff on August 11 . After about two-thirds of the votes were counted, Cissé prematurely admitted his defeat and congratulated Keïta on his election victory. On September 4, 2013, he was sworn in as the new president.

Keïta with the then EU Parliament President Martin Schulz (2013)

In August 2018 he was also re-elected in the second ballot with over 67% of the votes, Cissé received almost 33%.

After he and Prime Minister Boubou Cissé were arrested by members of the Malian armed forces in the course of a coup , Keïta resigned as President on August 19, 2020. At the same time he announced the resignation of the entire government and the Malian National Assembly .

See also

web links

Commons : Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

itemizations

  1. ↑ Mali's former President Keïta dies. In: Spiegel Online , January 16, 2022, accessed January 16, 2022.
  2. ↑ Mali's President Keita resigns after mutiny , faz.net, August 19, 2020.
  3. ↑ a b Mali: Mali's new President Keita sworn in. In: zeit.de. September 4, 2013, archived from the original on December 21, 2013 ; retrieved December 2, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Ibrahim Boubacar Keita: Statesman with an honest image , Salzburg News, August 11, 2013.
  5. ↑ http://www.dw.de/stichwahl-um-neuen-pr%C3%A4sidenten-in-mali/a-16993999
  6. ↑ Success in runoff election in Mali: Keita wins and inherits big problems ( memento from August 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) at tagesschau.de, August 13, 2013 (accessed on August 13, 2013).
  7. ↑ Mali's president wins runoff vote with more than 67 per cent. news24.com of August 16, 2018 (English), accessed August 16, 2018
  8. ↑ Mali's President Keïta resigns after mutiny. In: The Mirror. 19 August 2020, retrieved 19 August 2020 .
  9. ↑ https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2020/08/19/au-mali-bamako-se-reveille-dans-l-attente_6049342_3212.html
personal data
SURNAME Keita, Ibrahim Boubacar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Malian politician
BIRTH DATE January 29, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Koutiala
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 2022
PLACE OF DEATH Bamako