Baréma Bocoum
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Baréma Bocoum (1 January 1914 – 3 March 1973) was a
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an politician and diplomat.


Biography

Bocoum graduated from the École normale supérieure William Ponty in 1936. He held a number of political and administrative positions prior to and after Mali's independence from
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in 1960, including as municipal counselor for
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in 1953, territorial counselor for
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from 1954 to 1957, and municipal counselor and mayor of Mopti from 1956 until 1968. Simultaneously, Bocoum served as a deputy for
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in the
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of
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from 1956 to 1958, where he represented the Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance. He then served as a member of the
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for the
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from 1959 until 1961. After Mali gained independence from France in 1960, Bocoum was elected to the country's
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, representing the Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally (US-RDA). He served as
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from 1961 to 1964, and as Minister of the Interior from 1964 until 1966. Initially an ally of President Modibo Keïta, he was criticized as bourgeois and an anti-
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by the latter in 1967, and removed from his political offices early the following year. Stade Baréma Bocoum in Mopti is named after him.


Honours and awards

* Grand Cross of the Order of the White Lion (5 June 1962)


References


External links


Biography on the website of the French National Assembly
1914 births 1973 deaths People from Mopti Region People of French West Africa Rassemblement Démocratique Africain politicians Ministers of foreign affairs of Mali Interior ministers of Mali Deputies of the 3rd National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic Deputies of the 1st National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Grand Crosses of the Order of the White Lion {{Mali-politician-stub