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|president = [[Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta]] |
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|predecessor = [[Abdoulaye Idrissa Maïga]] |
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|president1 = Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta |
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|office1 = [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Mali)|Foreign Minister of Mali]] |
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|primeminister1 = [[Oumar Tatam Ly]]<br>[[Moussa Mara]] |
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|office1 = Minister of Defense and Veterans Affairs |
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|term_start1 = 8 September 2013 |
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|predecessor1 = [[Yamoussa Camara (politician)|Yamoussa Camara]] |
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|successor1 = [[Bah N'Daw]] |
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|president2 = [[Amadou Toumani Touré]] |
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|primeminister2 = [[Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé]] |
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|office2 = [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Mali)|Foreign Minister of Mali]] |
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|term_end2 = 22 March 2012 |
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|predecessor2 = [[Moctar Ouane]] |
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|successor2 = [[Sadio Lamine Sow]] |
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'''Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga''' ({{IPA |
'''Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga''' ({{IPA|fr|sumelu bubɛj maiga}}; 8 June 1954 – 21 March 2022) was a Malian politician who was the [[List of Prime Ministers of Mali|Prime Minister of Mali]] between 30 December 2017 and 18 April 2019.<ref name="Eco">{{cite web|url=https://www.ecofinagency.com/public-management/1904-39954-mali-prime-minister-soumeylou-boubeye-maiga-resigns|title=Mali Prime Minister Soumeylou-Boubeye Maiga resigns|date=19 April 2019|website=Ecofinagency.com}}</ref> The leader of the [[Alliance for Solidarity in Mali]], he had previously served in the government of Mali as Minister of Foreign Affairs under President [[Amadou Toumani Touré]] from 5 April 2011<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jeuneafrique.com/Article/ARTJAWEB20110418095737/mali-gouvernement-terrorisme-al-qaidamali-boubeye-maiga-les-raisons-d-un-retour.html |title=Mali : Boubèye Maïga, les raisons d'un retour|author=Adam Thiam |date=18 April 2012|accessdate= 2 July 2012|work=[[Jeune Afrique]]|language=French}}</ref> until the [[2012 Malian coup d'état|March 2012 coup d'état]]. Later he was Minister of Defense from 2013 to 2014 and was Secretary-General of the Presidency from 2016 to 2017. |
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==Early life and career== |
==Early life and career== |
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Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga was born in [[Gao]] on June |
Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga was born in [[Gao]] on 8 June 1954.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga, nommé Premier ministre du Mali |agency=[[Anadolu Agency]] |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/soumeylou-boub%C3%A8ye-ma%C3%AFga-nomm%C3%A9-premier-ministre-du-mali-/1019139 |access-date=22 November 2021}}</ref> He studied journalism from [[Cheikh Anta Diop University]]'s Center for the Study of Information Science and Technology.<ref name=":0" /> In 1987, he graduated from the [[Paris-Sud University]] with a Diploma of Specialized Higher Studies (DESS) in diplomacy and international organisation management.<ref name=":0" /> Soumeylou also held a master's degree in international economic relations from Paris's Institut d'administration.<ref name=":0" /> He began his career as a journalist at [[L'Essor]] and then worked at the Malian Press and Advertising Agency's magazine Sunjata.<ref name=":0" /> |
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==Political career== |
==Political career== |
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[[File:Antonio Guterres and Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga, 2018, Bamako.jpg|thumb|Maïga (left) with [[António Guterres]], Secretary-General of the United Nations, on 29 May 2018 in [[Bamako]], Mali.]] |
[[File:Antonio Guterres and Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga, 2018, Bamako.jpg|thumb|left|Maïga (left) with [[António Guterres]], Secretary-General of the United Nations, on 29 May 2018 in [[Bamako]], Mali.]] |
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As first vice-president of [[ADEMA-PASJ]], Maïga opposed the party's decision to support President Amadou Toumani Touré's bid for re-election in the [[2007 Malian presidential election|April 2007 presidential election]], and he was consequently expelled from the party.<ref>{{Cite web|date= |
As first vice-president of [[ADEMA-PASJ]], Maïga opposed the party's decision to support President Amadou Toumani Touré's bid for re-election in the [[2007 Malian presidential election|April 2007 presidential election]], and he was consequently expelled from the party.<ref>{{Cite web|date=30 September 2007|title=Jeuneafrique.com : Soumeylou Boubèye Maiga exclu de l'ADEMA|url=http://www.jeuneafrique.com/pays/mali/article_depeche.asp?art_cle=PAN70027soumeamedal0|access-date=22 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930165108/http://www.jeuneafrique.com/pays/mali/article_depeche.asp?art_cle=PAN70027soumeamedal0|archive-date=30 September 2007}}</ref> |
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Along with several other ministers, he was arrested during the coup when rebel soldiers stormed the presidential palace on 22 March 2012.<ref>{{cite web|author=<!--[if IE 6]> <![endif]--> |url=http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/03/22/202330.html |title=Mali president 'safe' after fleeing from overnight rebel coup |publisher=Al Arabiya |date= |
Along with several other ministers, he was arrested during the coup when rebel soldiers stormed the presidential palace on 22 March 2012.<ref>{{cite web|author=<!--[if IE 6]> <![endif]--> |url=http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/03/22/202330.html |title=Mali president 'safe' after fleeing from overnight rebel coup |publisher=Al Arabiya |date=22 March 2012 |accessdate=22 March 2012}}</ref> On 25 March, he began a [[hunger strike]] along with 13 other arrested officials to protest his detention.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mali-officials-stage-hunger-strike-to-protest-coup-1.1166354 |title=Mali officials stage hunger strike to protest coup |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=25 March 2012 |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date=25 March 2012}}</ref> |
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After [[Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta]] won the [[2013 Malian presidential election|2013 presidential election]], Maïga was appointed to the government as Minister of Defense on 8 September 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gouvernement malien : Boubèye Maïga à la Défense, création d'un ministère chargé du Nord – Jeune Afrique|url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/149465/politique/gouvernement-malien-boub-ye-maega-la-d-fense-cr-ation-d-un-minist-re-charg-du-nord/|access-date= |
After [[Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta]] won the [[2013 Malian presidential election|2013 presidential election]], Maïga was appointed to the government as Minister of Defense on 8 September 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gouvernement malien : Boubèye Maïga à la Défense, création d'un ministère chargé du Nord – Jeune Afrique|url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/149465/politique/gouvernement-malien-boub-ye-maega-la-d-fense-cr-ation-d-un-minist-re-charg-du-nord/|access-date=22 November 2021|website=JeuneAfrique.com|language=fr-FR}}</ref> He was replaced by [[Bah Ndaw]] following the army's defeat at the hands of [[Tuareg]] rebels in [[Kidal]] in May 2014. Although some blamed him for the defeat, others believed he was being used as a scapegoat.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ripples from Kidal|url=https://www.africa-confidential.com/index.aspx?pageid=21&articleid=5665|access-date=22 November 2021|website=africa-confidential.com|language=en}}</ref> |
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On 29 August 2016, he was appointed |
On 29 August 2016, he was appointed Secretary-General of the Presidency with the rank of minister.<ref>Sinaly M. Daou, [http://maliactu.net/mali-soumeylou-boubeye-maiga-nomme-secretaire-general-de-la-presidence-avec-rang-de-ministre-lancien-directeur-de-la-dgse-revient-avec-force/ "Mali : Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga nommé Secrétaire General de la Présidence avec rang de ministre : L’ancien Directeur de la DGSE revient avec force"], ''L'Observatoire'', 3 September 2016 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> |
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Maïga was named Prime Minister on 30 December 2017.<ref name="JA">{{cite news |date=30 December 2017 |title=Mali: l'ex-ministre de la Défense Soumeylou Boubèye Maiga nommé Premier ministre |work=Jeune Afrique |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/506355/politique/mali-lex-ministre-de-la-defense-soumeylou-boubeye-maiga-nomme-premier-ministre/}}</ref><ref name="Eco"/> He resigned on 18 April 2019 amid public protests following the [[Ogossagou massacre]].<ref name="Eco"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/04/mali-pm-government-resign-ogossagou-massacre-190418233823439.html |title=Mali's PM Maiga, government resign over Ogossagou massacre |date=19 April 2019 |publisher=Al Jazeera|accessdate=9 June 2019 }}</ref> |
Maïga was named Prime Minister on 30 December 2017.<ref name="JA">{{cite news |date=30 December 2017 |title=Mali: l'ex-ministre de la Défense Soumeylou Boubèye Maiga nommé Premier ministre |work=Jeune Afrique |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/506355/politique/mali-lex-ministre-de-la-defense-soumeylou-boubeye-maiga-nomme-premier-ministre/}}</ref><ref name="Eco"/> He resigned on 18 April 2019 amid public protests following the [[Ogossagou massacre]].<ref name="Eco"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/04/mali-pm-government-resign-ogossagou-massacre-190418233823439.html |title=Mali's PM Maiga, government resign over Ogossagou massacre |date=19 April 2019 |publisher=Al Jazeera|accessdate=9 June 2019 }}</ref> |
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==Personal life and death== |
==Personal life and death== |
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Maiga died in Bamako on 21 March 2022 at the age of 67.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Mali : l'ancien Premier ministre Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga est mort |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1332378/politique/mali-lancien-premier-ministre-soumeylou-boubeye-maiga-est-mort/ |access-date= |
Maiga died in detention in Bamako on 21 March 2022 at the age of 67.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Mali : l'ancien Premier ministre Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga est mort |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1332378/politique/mali-lancien-premier-ministre-soumeylou-boubeye-maiga-est-mort/ |access-date=21 March 2022 |work=[[Jeune Afrique]] |language=fr-FR}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 03:52, 13 December 2024
Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga | |
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Prime Minister of Mali | |
In office 30 December 2017 – 18 April 2019 | |
President | Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta |
Preceded by | Abdoulaye Idrissa Maïga |
Succeeded by | Boubou Cissé |
Minister of Defense and Veterans Affairs | |
In office 8 September 2013 – 28 May 2014 | |
President | Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta |
Prime Minister | Oumar Tatam Ly Moussa Mara |
Preceded by | Yamoussa Camara |
Succeeded by | Bah N'Daw |
Foreign Minister of Mali | |
In office 6 April 2011 – 22 March 2012 | |
President | Amadou Toumani Touré |
Prime Minister | Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé |
Preceded by | Moctar Ouane |
Succeeded by | Sadio Lamine Sow |
Personal details | |
Born | Gao, French Sudan, French West Africa, France (now Mali) | 8 June 1954
Died | 21 March 2022 Bamako, Mali | (aged 67)
Nationality | Malian |
Political party | Alliance for Solidarity in Mali |
Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga (French pronunciation: [sumelu bubɛj maiga]; 8 June 1954 – 21 March 2022) was a Malian politician who was the Prime Minister of Mali between 30 December 2017 and 18 April 2019.[1] The leader of the Alliance for Solidarity in Mali, he had previously served in the government of Mali as Minister of Foreign Affairs under President Amadou Toumani Touré from 5 April 2011[2] until the March 2012 coup d'état. Later he was Minister of Defense from 2013 to 2014 and was Secretary-General of the Presidency from 2016 to 2017.
Early life and career
[edit]Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga was born in Gao on 8 June 1954.[3] He studied journalism from Cheikh Anta Diop University's Center for the Study of Information Science and Technology.[3] In 1987, he graduated from the Paris-Sud University with a Diploma of Specialized Higher Studies (DESS) in diplomacy and international organisation management.[3] Soumeylou also held a master's degree in international economic relations from Paris's Institut d'administration.[3] He began his career as a journalist at L'Essor and then worked at the Malian Press and Advertising Agency's magazine Sunjata.[3]
Political career
[edit]As first vice-president of ADEMA-PASJ, Maïga opposed the party's decision to support President Amadou Toumani Touré's bid for re-election in the April 2007 presidential election, and he was consequently expelled from the party.[4]
Along with several other ministers, he was arrested during the coup when rebel soldiers stormed the presidential palace on 22 March 2012.[5] On 25 March, he began a hunger strike along with 13 other arrested officials to protest his detention.[6]
After Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta won the 2013 presidential election, Maïga was appointed to the government as Minister of Defense on 8 September 2013.[7] He was replaced by Bah Ndaw following the army's defeat at the hands of Tuareg rebels in Kidal in May 2014. Although some blamed him for the defeat, others believed he was being used as a scapegoat.[8]
On 29 August 2016, he was appointed Secretary-General of the Presidency with the rank of minister.[9]
Maïga was named Prime Minister on 30 December 2017.[10][1] He resigned on 18 April 2019 amid public protests following the Ogossagou massacre.[1][11]
Personal life and death
[edit]Maiga died in detention in Bamako on 21 March 2022 at the age of 67.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Mali Prime Minister Soumeylou-Boubeye Maiga resigns". Ecofinagency.com. 19 April 2019.
- ^ Adam Thiam (18 April 2012). "Mali : Boubèye Maïga, les raisons d'un retour". Jeune Afrique (in French). Retrieved 2 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d e "Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga, nommé Premier ministre du Mali". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ "Jeuneafrique.com : Soumeylou Boubèye Maiga exclu de l'ADEMA". 30 September 2007. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ "Mali president 'safe' after fleeing from overnight rebel coup". Al Arabiya. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ "Mali officials stage hunger strike to protest coup". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Associated Press. 25 March 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
- ^ "Gouvernement malien : Boubèye Maïga à la Défense, création d'un ministère chargé du Nord – Jeune Afrique". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ "Ripples from Kidal". africa-confidential.com. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ Sinaly M. Daou, "Mali : Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga nommé Secrétaire General de la Présidence avec rang de ministre : L’ancien Directeur de la DGSE revient avec force", L'Observatoire, 3 September 2016 (in French).
- ^ "Mali: l'ex-ministre de la Défense Soumeylou Boubèye Maiga nommé Premier ministre". Jeune Afrique. 30 December 2017.
- ^ "Mali's PM Maiga, government resign over Ogossagou massacre". Al Jazeera. 19 April 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ "Mali : l'ancien Premier ministre Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga est mort". Jeune Afrique (in French). Retrieved 21 March 2022.
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