Boubou Cissé (born 1974) is a Malian politician who was the

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from April 2019 to his resignation following the

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

in August 2020. He was also the Minister of Economy and Finance and Minister of Mines and Industry.

Early life

Boubou Cissé a Fulani tribe earned a master's degree from the

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and a PhD in economics from

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Career

Cissé began his career as an economist for the

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in Washington, D.C., US in 2005. In 2008, he was promoted to Senior Economist of its Human Development Division. He later worked in Nigeria and Niger as a resident representative for the World Bank. Cissé was appointed the Malian Prime Minister in 2019 after the resignation of Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga and his government. He was Minister of Industry and Mines in 2013, the Minister of Mines in April 2014, and the Minister of Economy and Finance since 2016. On 18 August 2020, Cissé along with the President

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was detained by mutinying forces during the

. The next day, with President Keita's dismissal of Parliament and the government, Cissé was removed from office. On 1 January

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, Cissé′s half-brother Aguibou Tall and five others were arrested for an “attempted coup”. Boubou Cissé was also accused, but he was not arrested because the government could not ascertain his whereabouts.

Other activities

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(IMF), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2016) *

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, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2016) *

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References

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