The Alliance for Democracy in Mali – African Party for Solidarity and Justice (, ADEMA-PASJ) is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...

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. On October 25, 1990, opponents of the dictatorship of

Moussa Traoré Moussa Traoré (25 September 1936 – 15 September 2020) was a Malian military officer, politician, and dictator who served as the second President of Mali from 1968 to 1991. As a lieutenant, he led the military ousting of President Modibo Ke� ...

joined together as ADEMA.Mamadou Fofana
History page at ADEMA-PASJ website
. This umbrella movement included activists of the following organizations: * Sudanese Union/African Democratic Rally (''Soudanaise-Rassemblement Démocratique Africain'', US-RDA), party of the former president

Modibo Keïta Modibo Keïta (4 June 1915 – 16 May 1977) was a Malian politician who served as the first President of Mali from 1960 to 1968. He espoused a form of African socialism. He was deposed in a coup d'état in 1968 by Moussa Traoré. Born and ra ...

*the Malian Party for Revolution and Democracy (''le Parti malien pour la révolution et la démocratie'', PMDR) *the

Malian Party of Labour The Malian Party of Labour ( French: ''Parti malien du travail'', PMT) is a Marxist-Leninist party in Mali and a member of the coalition supporting the Alliance for Democracy in Mali of president Amadou Toumani Touré. Founded in 1965, it was pro ...

(''Parti malien du travail'', PMT), a Marxist-Leninist organization *the

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(''le Front démocratique et populaire malien'', FDPM), composed primarily of Malian emigrants and political exiles ADEMA also attracted many supporters with no previous political affiliation. On May 25, 1991, after the regime of Moussa Traoré was overthrown by General

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 ...

, ADEMA transformed itself into an official political party and took the name Alliance for Democracy in Mali-African Party for Solidarity and Justice (''ADEMA-Parti Africain pour la Solidarité et la Justice'', ADEMA-PASJ). In 1992, ADEMA-PASJ dominated the February and March legislative elections, claiming 76 of 116 seats in the Malian National Assembly. Its presidential candidate, Alpha Oumar Konaré, was elected

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. ADEMA-PASJ continued to dominate the government for the following decade, and Konaré was re-elected in 1997 following an opposition boycott of the polls. At the end of Konaré's second term, ADEMA-PASJ divided over the succession of the presidency, with

Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (; 29 January 1945 – 16 January 2022), often known by his initials IBK, was a Malian politician who served as the president of Mali from September 2013 to August 2020, when he was forced to resign in the 2020 Malian cou ...

leaving the party in October 2000 to form the

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(''Rassemblement pour le Mali'', RPM). Former prime minister

Mandé Sidibé Mandé Sidibé (20 January 1940"Présidentielles: 24 sur la ligne de dé ...

also left in order to enter the presidential race. In 2002,

Soumaïla Cissé Soumaïla Cissé (20 December 1949 – 25 December 2020) was a Malian politician who served in the government of Mali as Minister of Finance from 1993 to 2000. He thrice stood unsuccessfully as a presidential candidate, in 2002, 2013 and 2018; o ...

was the official presidential candidate of ADEMA-PASJ. He won 22.7% of the vote in the first round of the

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, held on 28 April, and was defeated by Amadou Toumani Touré in the second round, held on 12 May, receiving 35.7% of the vote. In the

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held on 14 July 2002, the party won 45 out of 160 seats. 6 additional seats were won by partners in the Alliance for Republic and Democracy. ADEMA-PASJ backed Touré for re-election in the April 2007 presidential election. This move was opposed by party vice-president Soumeylou Boubèye Maiga, who was consequently expelled from the party. In the July 2007 parliamentary election, ADEMA-PASJ won 51 out of 147 seats, more than any other party."Mali: Résultats définitifs des Législatives - l'Adéma/PASJ perd dans trois localités"
'' Les Echos'', August 13, 2007 .

Dramane Dembélé Dramane Dembélé is a Malian politician who served in the government of Mali as Minister of Urban Planning and Housing from 2015 to 2016. A mining engineer by profession, he was Director-General of Geology and Mines from 2005 to 2010. He was the c ...

was the ADEMA candidate for the July 2013 presidential election. He placed third in the election, receiving 9.6% of the vote. On 3 August 2013, he announced his support for

in the second round, saying that "we are in the

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, we share the same values". However, in endorsing Keïta he contradicted the official stance of ADEMA, which had backed Keïta's rival,

, on the previous day. The party stressed that Dembélé was speaking only for himself and that the party still supported Cissé. ADEMA-PASJ's motto is "Work-Solidarity-Justice"; its symbol is the bee. The current party president is

Dioncounda Traoré Dioncounda Traoré (born 23 February 1942) is a Malian politician who was President of Mali in an interim capacity from April 2012 to September 2013. Previously he was President of the National Assembly of Mali from 2007 to 2012, and he served as ...

. ADEMA-PASJ is a full member of the

.List of Socialist International member parties

Electoral history

Presidential elections

National Assembly elections

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