Moussa Timbiné (born 14 July 1974) is a Malian politician representing

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. He became

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of the

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on 11 May 2020 but was deposed on 18 August 2020 during the 2020 Malian coup d'état. He had been a member of the National Assembly since 2013.

Early life

Timbiné was born on 14 July 1974 in

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. His father is of

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background and his mother of Songhai descent. Timbiné obtained a bachelor in exact sciences at the Lycée Hamadoun Dicko de

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. He attended business schools in

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, Tunisia and

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, France. Lastly, he studied maths and physics at the

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. Timbiné subsequently worked as a teacher in the Daoudabougou neighborhood of

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. He later worked in financial and administrative positions for the

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Political career

Timbiné was one of the founding members of

(RPM). In 2004 he became its youth president, a position which he has held since. The same year he became a member of the municipal council of Bamako for Commune V. Timbiné has also served as deputy mayor of Commune V. In the 2013 Malian parliamentary election he was elected to the

for Commune V. He served as First Vice President of the National Assembly since 2017. In the 2020 Malian parliamentary election Timbiné seemed to not win his Bamako seat (Commune V) after the second round of votes was counted. However, this result was overturned by the Constitutional Court of Mali, with Timbiné thus winning the seat. On 11 May 2020 he was elected

of the National Assembly for a five-year term. He won the election with 134 votes, over 8 votes for his opponent, former Prime Minister

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. Fellow RPM assembly-member Mamadou Diarrassouba had also been designated candidate for the Presidency by the RPM, but he withdrew his candidacy on the day of the vote. Timbiné is considered to be a close ally of President

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. On 18 August 2020 Timbiné was deposed and detained during the 2020 Malian coup d'état. On 18 September both Timbiné as well as Prime Minister

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were reported to still be in custody of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People in

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. On 8 October he was reportedly released.

Personal life

Timbiné is married and has four children.

References

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