Moctar Ouane (born 11 October 1955) is a Malian diplomat and politician who served as the acting

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from 27 September 2020 to 24 May 2021, between the

2020 Malian coup d'état On 18 August 2020, elements of the Malian Armed Forces began a mutiny. Soldiers on pick-up trucks stormed the Soundiata military base in the town of Kati, where gunfire was exchanged before weapons were distributed from the armory and senior o ...

and the

2021 Malian coup d'état The 2021 Malian coup d'état began on the night of 24 May 2021 when the Malian Army led by Vice President Assimi Goïta captured President Bah N'daw, Prime Minister Moctar Ouane and Minister of Defence Souleymane Doucouré. Assimi Goïta, the ...

. He also previously served in the government of Mali as

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from May 2004 to April 2011.

Diplomatic career

Ouane was technical advisor to the Secretary-General of the Government from 1982 to 1986, head of the Agreements and International Conventions Division at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1986, diplomatic advisor to the Prime Minister from 1986 to 1988, chief of staff (''chef de cabinet'') of the Secretary-General of the Presidency from 1988 to 1990, diplomatic advisor to President

Moussa Traoré Moussa Traoré (25 September 1936 – 15 September 2020) was a Malian soldier, politician, and dictator who was President of Mali from 1968 to 1991. As a Lieutenant, he led the military ousting of President Modibo Keïta in 1968. Thereafter ...

from 1990 to 1991 and to transitional head of state

Amadou Toumani Touré Amadou Toumani Touré (4 November 19489 November 2020) was a Malian politician. He supervised Mali's first multiparty elections as chairman of the transitional government (1991–1992), and later became the second democratically-elected Presid ...

from 1991 to 1992, and then diplomatic advisor to the Prime Minister in 1992. He was political advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 1995Biography at the website of the Malian foreign ministry
. before becoming Mali's Permanent Representative to the

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on 27 September 1995; he served in that post until 27 September 2002."New-York: les adieux de l'ambassadeur Ouane"
''L'Essor'', October 15, 2002 . During this time, he served as President of the

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in September 2000 and December 2001. He was Directing Ambassador of International Cooperation from 2003 to 2004 before being named Minister of Foreign Affairs on 2 May 2004. After leaving office as Foreign Minister in 2011, Ouane became Diplomatic Adviser to the

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in January 2014. He became peace and security advisor for the institution in 2016. He was appointed interim Prime Minister by interim President

Bah Ndaw Bah Ndaw (also spelled N'Daw, N'Dah, and N'Daou; born 23 August 1950) is a Malian military officer and politician who served as the president of Mali between 25 September 2020 and 24 May 2021 when he was overthrown during the 2021 Malian coup d ...

on 27 September 2020. He attempted to resign on 14 May 2021 but was swiftly reappointed to oversee a reshuffling of the cabinet. This reshuffling led to the

, in which Ndaw and Ouane were deposed and stripped of their positions. Both leaders officially resigned on 26 May. On 27 August 2021, Ouane was released from house arrest.

References

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