Moussa Mara (born 2 March 1975 in

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) is a

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an politician who was

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from 2014 to 2015. Previously he served in the government as Minister of Town Planning, and he was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2013 presidential election. Mara was appointed as Prime Minister on 5 April 2014, following the unexplained resignation of his predecessor Oumar Tatam Ly. After less than a year in office, he resigned on 8 January 2015, and

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was appointed to replace him on the same day."Mali president names Modibo Keita as new prime minister"
Reuters, 8 January 2015.

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