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Ousmane Issoufi Maïga (born 1946) was the Prime Minister of
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from 2004 to 2007. Issoufi had previously held several ministerial posts in previous governments. Issoufi was born near
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, in the north of Mali. He studied economics at the University of Kyiv (
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― at the time part of the
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) and then at the
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in
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, where he graduated with a degree in
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and
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. He has worked for the
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and in the French Ministry of Finance, where he was Assistant Director of the ''Caisse autonome d’amortissement'' (Autonomous Debt Financing Fund)."Ousmane Issoufi Maïga nommé Premier ministre : style direct, expérience éprouvée"
''L'Essor'', n°15196, April 30, 2002 .
Following the ouster of Moussa Traoré in March 1991, Maïga became Minister in charge of the State ''Contrôle Général'' in the transitional government. He later became Secretary-General of the Ministry of Finance before being appointed Minister of Youth and Sports on June 23, 2001. In this position, he organised Mali's hosting of the African Nations Cup in 2002. After the
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of
Amadou Toumani Touré Amadou Toumani Touré (4 November 19489 November 2020), also popularly known in Mali by his initials ATT (), was a Malian politician. He supervised Mali's first multiparty elections as chairman of the transitional government (1991–1992), and la ...
as President, Issoufi became Minister of the Economy and Finance on June 14, 2002, serving under
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Ahmed Mohamed ag Hamani. Subsequently, in the government named on October 16, 2002, he became Minister of Equipment and Transport. He remained Minister of Equipment and Transport until he was named Prime Minister on April 29, 2004. After Touré was sworn in for a second term as President, Maïga presented his resignation on June 9, 2007, but Touré asked the government to remain in place. Following the July 2007 parliamentary election, he again presented his government's resignation, which Touré accepted, on September 27, 2007. Touré thanked him for his work as Prime Minister"Démission du Gouvernement"
''L'Essor'', n°16042, September 28, 2007 .
and appointed Modibo Sidibé as his successor on September 28."Mali: le secrétaire général de la présidence nommé Premier ministre"
AFP ('' Jeuneafrique.com''), September 28, 2007 .


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Maiga, Ousmane Issoufi 1945 births American University alumni Living people People from Gao Region Prime ministers of Mali Ministers of finance of Mali Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv alumni 21st-century Malian people Zarma-Songhai people