Baréma Bocoum (1914,

Mopti Mopti ( Bambara: ߡߏߕߌ tr. Moti) is a town and an urban commune in the Inner Niger Delta region of Mali. The town is the capital of the Mopti Cercle and the Mopti Region. Situated 630 km northeast of Bamako, the town lies at the conflue ...

– 1973) was a Malian politician and diplomat. Bocoum was the

foreign minister A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between cou ...

of his country from 1961 - 1964. Stade Baréma Bocoum is named after him. Bocoum also served in the

French National Assembly The National Assembly (french: link=no, italics=set, Assemblée nationale; ) is the lower house of the bicameral French Parliament under the Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (). The National Assembly's legislators are known a ...

from 1956-1958 .

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1914 births 1973 deaths People from Mopti Region People of French West Africa Rassemblement Démocratique Africain politicians Foreign ministers of Mali Deputies of the 3rd National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic Deputies of the 1st National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic {{Mali-politician-stub