Ismaël Wagué is a Malian military officer serving as the Deputy Chief of Staff of the

Malian Air Force The Mali Air Force is the air force of Mali. History The Mali Air Force (french: Armée de l'air du Mali) was founded in 1961 with French-supplied military aid. This included MH.1521 Broussard utility monoplane followed by two C-47 transports ...

of the

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. After the

2020 Malian coup d'état On 18 August 2020, elements of the Malian Armed Forces began a mutiny. Soldiers on pick-up trucks stormed the Soundiata military base in the town of Kati, where gunfire was exchanged before weapons were distributed from the armory and senior of ...

, he became spokesperson for the . Wagué gave an interview on

France 24 France 24 ( in French) is a French state-owned international news television network based in Paris. Its channels broadcast in French, English, Arabic, and Spanish and are aimed at the overseas market. Based in the Paris suburb of Issy-les-M ...

, wherein he claimed that the actions of the Malian military was not a coup. He has also pledged that the National Committee for the Salvation of the People will seek a leader to transition Mali from military to civilian rule. Colonel-Major Ismaël Wagué was appointed to the position of Deputy Chief of Staff of the Air Force in 2019 by 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 co ...

after a series of dismissals in response to a terrorist attack that killed 26 soldiers in Northern Mali.

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