Amadou Toumani Touré
Malian Politician and President from 1991-1992 and 2002-2012 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Amadou Toumani Touré (4 November 1948 – 9 November 2020) was a Malian politician. He supervised Mali's first multiparty elections as chairman of the transitional government (1991–1992), and later became the second democratically elected President of Mali (2002–2012).
Amadou Toumani Touré | |
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4th President of Mali | |
In office 8 June 2002 – 22 March 2012 | |
Prime Minister | Ahmed Mohamed ag Hamani Ousmane Issoufi Maïga Modibo Sidibé Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé |
Preceded by | Alpha Oumar Konaré |
Succeeded by | Amadou Sanogo (Chairperson) |
In office 26 March 1991 – 8 June 1992 | |
Prime Minister | Soumana Sacko |
Preceded by | Moussa Traoré |
Succeeded by | Alpha Oumar Konaré |
Personal details | |
Born | (1948-11-04)4 November 1948 Mopti, French Sudan (now Mali) |
Died | 9 November 2020(2020-11-09) (aged 72) Istanbul, Turkey |
Political party | Independent |
Spouse | Lobbo Traore |
Military service | |
Branch/service | Army |
Years of service | 1969–2001 |
Rank | Army general |
Touré was head of President Moussa Traoré's personal guard (and parachute regiment) when a popular revolution overthrew the regime in March 1991; Colonel Touré then arrested the President and led the revolution onward. He presided over a year-long military-civilian transition process that produced a new Constitution and multiparty elections, then handed power to Mali's first democratically elected president, Alpha Oumar Konaré, on 6 June 1992. Konaré promoted Touré to the rank of General.
Ten years later, after retiring from the army, Touré entered politics as a civilian and won the 2002 presidential election with a broad coalition of support. He was easily re-elected in 2007 to a second and final term. On 22 March 2012, shortly before his scheduled departure from office, disgruntled soldiers initiated a coup d'état that forced him into hiding.[1] As part of the agreement to restore constitutional order to Mali, Touré resigned from the presidency on 8 April, and eleven days later he went into exile.