Modibo Keita (31 July 1942 – 2 January 2021) was a

Mali Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is the List of African countries by area, eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of over . The country is bordered to the north by Algeria, to the east b ...

an politician who was

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from 18 March 2002 to 8 June 2002 and from 9 January 2015 to 9 April 2017. As Prime Minister for less than three months in 2002, he was the final prime minister appointed by President

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. In April 2014, he was appointed as President

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's chief representative for negotiations with rebels."Mali : Mobibo Keïta remplace Moussa Mara à la tête du gouvernement"
''Jeune Afrique'', 9 January 2015 . President Keita subsequently appointed him to succeed

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as Prime Minister on 8 January 2015. He was a relative of both President Keita and founding father

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 ...

, his namesake, as a descendant of the Keita princes of the

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. On 7 April 2017, he tendered his resignation as prime minister. Keita died on 2 January 2021, at the age of 78.Ex-Malian PM Modibo Keïta dies at 78
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References

"Les anciens ministres du Mali démocratique : qu’est ce qu’ils deviennent ?"
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