“IBK” led Mali from 2013, before being overthrown during the coup of August 18, 2020.
Le Monde with AFP
“The President” IBK “[Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta] died this morning at 9 o’clock [10 hours, Paris time] at his home” in Bamako, said at the France-Press agency (AFP) a member of his family, Sunday, January 16th. This information has been confirmed by several family members and the entourage of Mr. Keita. Elected President of Mali In September 2013, he had been overthrown by soldiers in August 2020. He was 76 years old.
Mali, immersed in a serious safe and political crisis since the outbreak of independent and jihadist insurrections in 2012, is also confronted with a week to heavy sanctions from the Economic Community of West African States (Cédéao).
Prime Minister from 1994 to 2000
m. Keïta, who was claimed from the left, experienced a dazzling ascent at the two mandates of Alpha Oumar Konaré, the first president of the democratic era of Mali (1992-2002). “IBK” has been a prime minister from 1994 to 2000. Unfortunate candidate in the 2002 presidential election, he holds his revenge by accessing Koulouba Palace, the headquarters of the Malian Presidency in Bamako, in 2013.
It is re-elected in 2018 against Soumaïla Cissé, then the leader of the opposition, dead in December 2020 of COVID-19. The coup that overthrew it on August 18, 2020 was followed by a second in May 2021. The junta led by Colonel Assimi Goïta announced his intention to lead the country for several years, while “was previously engaged in organizing, at the end of February, presidential and legislative elections to allow the return of civilians to power.