Abdoulaye Diop (born 1965) is a
Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali ...
an diplomat who served as
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mali from 2014 to 2017. Previously he was Mali's
Ambassador
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to the
United States
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, appointed to that position in 2003.
Biography
Diop received a
Master of Arts
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in
International Relations
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from the International Institute of Public Administration in
Paris
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,
France
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, a Master of Arts in Diplomacy and Management of International Organizations from the
Paris-Sud 11 University, and a
Bachelor of Arts
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in
Diplomacy
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from the National School of Administration of
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Diop was an adviser to Malian presidents
Alpha Oumar Konaré
Alpha Oumar Konaré (born 2 February 1946) is a Malian politician, who served as President of Mali for two five-year terms from 1992 to 2002 and was Chairperson of the African Union Commission from 2003 to 2008.
Scholarly career
Alpha Oumar Ko ...
and
Amadou Toumani Touré
Amadou Toumani Touré (4 November 19489 November 2020) was a Malian politician. He supervised Mali's first multiparty elections as chairman of the transitional government (1991–1992), and later became the second democratically-elected Presiden ...
. In 2000 and 2001, Diop oversaw Mali's participation in the
United Nations Security Council
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the Organs of the United Nations, six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and is charged with ensuring international security, international peace and security, recommending the admi ...
and served on the steering committee of the
New Partnership for Africa's Development
The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) is an economic development program of the African Union. NEPAD was adopted at the 37th session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government in July 2001 in Lusaka, Zambia. NEPAD aims to p ...
(NEPAD).
He was appointed as Mali's
Ambassador
An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov ...
to the
United States
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on September 8, 2003.
He was appointed to the government as Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Integration and International Cooperation on 11 April 2014.
"Remaniement au Mali: de nouveaux entrants, mais pas de bouleversement"
Radio France Internationale, 12 April 2014 .
See also
* Mali-United States relations
* Foreign relations of Mali
Following independence in 1960, Mali initially followed a socialist path and was aligned ideologically with the communist bloc. Mali's foreign policy orientation became increasingly pragmatic and pro-Western over time. Since the institution of ...
* List of foreign ministers in 2017
* List of current foreign ministers
References
External links
Embassy of Mali website
1965 births
Living people
Ambassadors of Mali to the United States
Foreign Ministers of Mali
Malian diplomats
Paris-Sud University alumni
People from Bamako
21st-century Malian people
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