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Also known as Dioncounda Traore

President of Mali

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Mali
Active from
1942
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Key facts

Prime minister
Cheick Modibo Diarra (acting) , Django Sissoko (acting)
Preceded by
Amadou Sanogo (Chairperson)
Succeeded by
Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta
Born
( 1942-02-23 ) 23 February 1942 (age 84) , Kati , French Sudan (now Mali )
Party
Alliance for Democracy in Mali
Spouse
Traore Mintou Doucoure
Alma mater
University of Algiers , University of Nice

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Traoré
Gender
male
Citizenship
Mali
Place of birth
Kati
Occupation
diplomat
Languages spoken
French
Image
Dioncounda Traore photo officielle de campagne 2 Mali 2012.jpg
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Dioncounda Traoré
date of birth
1942-02-23
name in native language
Dioncounda Traoré
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Encyclopedic overview

Dioncounda Traoré (born 23 February 1942) is a Malian politician who was President of Mali in an interim capacity from April 2012 to September 2013. Previously he was President of the National Assembly of Mali from 2007 to 2012, and he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 1997. He was President of the Alliance for Democracy in Mali-African Party for Solidarity and Justice (ADEMA-PASJ) beginning in 2000, and he was also President of the Alliance for Democracy and Progress (ADP), an alliance of parties that supported the re-election of President Amadou Toumani Touré in 2007.

Political career

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