Issaka Sidibé (born 26 June 1946) is a Malian politician. Since 11 June 2020 he has been President of the High Court of Justice. He was

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of the National Assembly of Mali between 22 January 2014 and 11 May 2020. Sidibé previously served in the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007, and he was reelected in 2013. He had a career as a customs official before his turn to politics.

Career

Sidibé was born on 26 June 1946 in

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. He obtained a degree in private law from the l’Ecole nationale d’administration de Bamako. Sidibé had a career in the customs authority of Mali between 1976 and 2002. In the 2002 parliamentary elections he was elected for the first time to the

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. He served a single five-year term. Sidibé was the general rapporteur for the finance commission during his time in office. He was re-elected to the National Assembly in the November–December 2013 parliamentary election as a Rally for Mali candidate. On 22 January 2014 Sidibé was elected as President of the National Assembly. He won 115 of the 147 possible votes. Despite his previous stint in the National Assembly, he was considered a little-known figure in Malian politics at the time, particularly in comparison with the prominence of past holders of the post. On 11 May 2020 he was succeeded as President of the National Assembly by Moussa Timbiné. On 11 June 2020 he was sworn in as President of the High Court of Justice. He succeeded Abderrahmane Niang.

Personal life

Sidibé is married and father of five children. He is the father-in-law of

Karim Keïta Karim Keïta (born 1979) is a Malian politician and businessman. He is a member of the National Assembly since 2013. Keïta is the son of former Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta. Career Karim Keïta was born in 1979 in Paris, France, to ...

, son of former Malian President

Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (; 29 January 1945 – 16 January 2022), often known by his initials IBK, was a Malian politician who served as the president of Mali from September 2013 to August 2020, when he was forced to resign in the 2020 Malian cou ...

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1946 births Living people Members of the National Assembly (Mali) People from Koulikoro Region Presidents of the National Assembly (Mali) Rally for Mali politicians 21st-century Malian people {{Mali-politician-stub