Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta

Keïta was born in Koutiala, then in French Sudan. ^{1 2} He studied at the Lycée Janson-de-Sailly in Paris and the Lycée Askia-Mohamed in Bamako, and the English article notes his descent — claimed for his family — from the Keita princes of the Empire of Mali. ¹

Keïta served as Mali's prime minister from February 1994 to February 2000 and as president of the National Assembly from September 2002 to September 2007. ¹ He founded the centre-left Rally for Mali (RPM) in 2001. ¹ In the 2002 presidential election he received the strong backing of many Muslim leaders and associations, although some doubted that his policies were particularly compatible with Islam, having opposed his authorisation of casinos and lotteries as prime minister — a political debate about policies, which the record distinguishes from any attestation of a school. ¹

After a number of unsuccessful campaigns, Keïta was elected president in 2013 and re-elected in 2018. ¹ On 18 August 2020 mutinous elements of the Malian Armed Forces deposed him, and he officially resigned the following day. ¹

Keïta was married to Keïta Aminata Maiga, first lady during his presidency, and had four children. ¹ He died in his home in Bamako on 16 January 2022, thirteen days before his seventy-seventh birthday. ^{1 2}

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