Modibo Keïta (born 1942)
Malian politician (1942–2021)
Modibo Keïta (31 July 1942 – 2 January 2021) was a Malian politician who was Prime Minister of Mali from 18 March 2002 to 8 June 2002 and from 9 January 2015 to 9 April 2017.
Biography
As Prime Minister for less than three months in 2002, he was the final prime minister appointed by President Alpha Oumar Konaré.
In April 2014, he was appointed President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta's chief representative for negotiations with rebels. President Keïta subsequently appointed him to succeed Moussa Mara as Prime Minister on 8 January 2015. He was a relative of both President Keïta and founding father Modibo Keïta, his namesake, as a descendant of the Keita princes of the Empire of Mali. On 7 April 2017, he tendered his resignation as prime minister.
Keïta died on 2 January 2021, at the age of 78.
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