Modibo Keita (31 July 1942 – 2 January 2021) was a

Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mal ...

an politician who was

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from 18 March 2002 to 8 June 2002 and from 9 January 2015 to 9 April 2017. As Prime Minister for less than three months in 2002, he was the final prime minister appointed by President

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. In April 2014, he was appointed as President

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's chief representative for negotiations with rebels."Mali : Mobibo Keïta remplace Moussa Mara à la tête du gouvernement"
''Jeune Afrique'', 9 January 2015 . President Keita subsequently appointed him to succeed

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as Prime Minister on 8 January 2015. He was a relative of both President Keita and founding father

Modibo Keïta Modibo Keïta (4 June 1915 – 16 May 1977) was the first President of Mali (1960–1968) and the Prime Minister of the Mali Federation. He espoused a form of African socialism. Youth Keïta was born in Bamako-Coura, a neighborhood of Ba ...

, his namesake, as a descendant of the Keita princes of the Empire of Mali. On 7 April 2017, he tendered his resignation as prime minister. Keita died on 2 January 2021, at the age of 78.Ex-Malian PM Modibo Keïta dies at 78
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References

"Les anciens ministres du Mali démocratique : qu’est ce qu’ils deviennent ?"
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