Mahamadou Djeri Maïga (alias ''Mohamed Jerry Maïga'' or ''Mahamadou Maiga Djeri''; c. 1972 – 22 October 2018) was a

Mali Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is the List of African countries by area, eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of over . The country is bordered to the north by Algeria, to the east b ...

an politician. He was the Vice-President of the Transitional Council of the State of

Azawad Azawad, or Azawagh (Tuareg languages, Tuareg: Azawaɣ, or Azawad; ), was a short-lived diplomatic recognition, unrecognised state lasting between 2012 and 2013. Azawagh (''Azawaɣ'') is the generic Tuareg, Tuareg Berber name for all Tuareg Ber ...

, established by the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA). After the MNLA lost the control of Northern Mali to Islamist groups, he fled to

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. Mr Djeri Mahamadou Maïga belonged to the Songhai ethnic group, one of the dominant ethnic groups in northern Mali. Mr. Djeri's position in the movement symbolized the inclusion of other ethnic groups in the fight for

self-determination Self-determination refers to a people's right to form its own political entity, and internal self-determination is the right to representative government with full suffrage. Self-determination is a cardinal principle in modern international la ...

hitherto the reserve of the Tuaregs.

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{{Mali-politician-stub Malian Berbers Tuareg people 2018 deaths Members of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad Year of birth uncertain 21st-century Malian people