Demba Traoré (born in

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, 29 August 1972), is a

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and

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. In December 2011, in

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, he was elected secretary of the

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Background

Traoré has been a member of the Transnational Transparty Nonviolent Radical Party since 2002. When he has been elected at the second session of the party's 39th summit, besides long standing members of the Radical Party, like

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and

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, the summit was attended inter alia also by guest speakers like

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and

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. Demba Traoré has been lawyer since 1995 and was Member of Parliament in the

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from 2002 through 2007. He was president of the Parliamentarian Commission of Justice as well as

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of the

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Personal life

Traoré is

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. He is married and has four children.

References

Traoré clan members 1972 births Living people Malian lawyers Members of the National Assembly (Mali) People from Ségou Region 21st-century Malian people {{Mali-politician-stub