Mamadou Lamine Traoré (January 2, 1947 – July 21, 2007"Disparition du Pr Mamadou Lamine Traoré : L'hommage de la nation"
, ''L'Essor'', number 15,996, July 24, 2007 .) was a

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an politician and President of the

Movement for the Independence, Renaissance, and Integration of Africa The Movement for the Independence, Renaissance, and Integration of Africa (french: Mouvement pour l'indépendance, la renaissance et l'intégration africaine) is a political party in Mali. The party was founded as a split from the Alliance for De ...

(MIRIA) political party. He was a leading figure in the struggle against President

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, which culminated in the latter's ouster on March 26, 1991. Mamadou Lamine Traoré then became a member of the Transitional Committee for Public Safety,"Décès samedi du ministre malien de l'Education"
Panapress, July 22, 2007 . which existed from 1991 to 1992. Upon the founding of the

Alliance for Democracy in Mali The Alliance for Democracy in Mali – African Party for Solidarity and Justice (french: Alliance pour la démocratie au Mali – Parti africain pour la solidarité et la justice, ADEMA-PASJ) is a political party in Mali. On October 25, 1990, oppo ...

(ADEMA-PASJ), Traoré became its First Vice-President at its constitutive congress, held on May 25–26, 1991. After elections, in the new government under President

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he became Minister of State in charge of Territorial Administration and Security from June 9, 1992 to April 16, 1993, then Minister of State in charge of Territorial Administration and Decentralization from the latter date until November 7, 1993. Traoré left ADEMA in 1994 to form his own party, MIRIA. He was one of many opposition leaders who were arrested on August 9, 1997, in connection with the killing of a police officer at a rally on August 8; they were charged on August 14. Under the presidency of

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, Traoré was appointed Minister of National Education in the new government named on June 14, 2002."Le gouvernement du Mali, formé le 14 juin 2002"
, ''Afrique Express'', number 251, June 18, 2002 . He served in that position until his death, which followed a long illness, in July 2007.

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