List of heads of state of Mali

President of the Republic of Mali
Emblem of Mali
Incumbent Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta since 4 September 2013
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Modibo Keïta
Formation	20 June 1960

The following is a list of heads of state of Mali, since the country gained independence from France in 1960.

List of heads of state of Mali

(Dates in italics indicated de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
Republic of Mali	Independence from France
(République du Mali)
20 June 1960 to 1965		Modibo Keïta, Chief of State	US/RDA
1965 to 19 November 1968		Modibo Keïta, President		Deposed in a coup d'état
19 November 1968 to 19 September 1969		Moussa Traoré, Chairman of the Military Committee for National Liberation	Mil
19 September 1969 to 19 June 1979		Moussa Traoré, Head of State
19 June 1979 to 26 March 1991		Moussa Traoré, President	UDPM	Deposed in a coup d'état
26 March 1991 to 31 March 1991		Amadou Toumani Touré, Chairman of the National Reconciliation Council	Mil	1st Term; Returned power to civilian government
31 March 1991 to 8 June 1992		Amadou Toumani Touré, Chairman of the Transitional Committee for the Salvation of the People
8 June 1992 to 8 June 2002		Alpha Oumar Konaré, President	ADEMA-PASJ
8 June 2002 to 22 March 2012		Amadou Toumani Touré, President	CCD/n-p	2nd Term; Deposed in a coup d'état
22 March 2012 to 12 April 2012		Amadou Sanogo, Chairman of National Committee for the Restoration of Democracy and State	Mil
12 April 2012 to 4 September 2013		Dioncounda Traoré, Acting President	ADEMA-PASJ	Simultaneously served as the President of the National Assembly
4 September 2013 to Present		Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, President	RPM

Affiliations

ADEMA-PASJ	"Adema" - Alliance pour la Démocratie au Mali-Parti Pan-Africain pour la Liberté, la Solidarité et la Justice    (Alliance for Democracy in Mali-Pan-African Party for Liberty, Solidarity and Justice) - left of centre
CCD	Coalition for Change and Democracy
PARENA	Party for National Renewal
UDPM	Union Démocratique du Peuple Malien    (Democratic Union of the Malian People) - party of power
US-RDA	Union Soudanaise/Rassemblement Démocratique Africain    (Sudanese Union/African Democratic Rally)
Mil	Military
n-p	non-partisan

Latest election

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
		Votes	%	Votes	%
Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta	Rally for Mali	1,222,657	39.23	2,354,693	77.61
Soumaïla Cissé	Union for the Republic and Democracy	605,901	19.44	679,258	22.39
Dramane Dembélé	Alliance for Democracy in Mali	298,748	9.59
Modibo Sidibé	Alternative Forces for Renewal and Emergence	151,801	4.87
Housseini Amion Guindo	Convergence for the Development of Mali	144,336	4.63
Oumar Mariko	African Solidarity for Democracy and Independence	74,706	2.40
Choguel Kokalla Maiga	Patriotic Movement for Renewal	71,458	2.29
Cheick Modibo Diarra		64,829	2.08
Jamille Bittar		54,530	1.74
Mountaga Tall	National Congress for Democratic Initiative	47,405	1.52
Moussa Mara		46,869	1.50
Mamadou Bakary Sangare	Social Democratic Convention	32,951	1.06
Soumana Sacko		27,210	0.87
Oumar Ibrahim Touré		25,610	0.82
Haïdara Aïchata Alassane Cissé		23,622	0.76
Yeah Samake		17,464	0.56
Hamed Sow		17,417	0.56
Konimba Sidibe		17,217	0.55
Racine Seydou Thiam		16,620	0.53
Ousmane Ben Traoré	Citizens' Party for Revival	16,142	0.52
Oumar Boury Touré		16,022	0.51
Cheick Keita		15,156	0.49
Siaka Diarra		14,749	0.47
Youssouf Cissé		12,859	0.41
Cheick Boucadry Traoré		9,432	0.30
Sibiri Koumare		9,169	0.29
Oumar Alhousseini Maiga		8,571	0.28
Tiebilé Drame	Party for National Rebirth	5,919	0.19
Invalid/blank votes		403,532	–	92,920	–
Total		3,520,242	100	3,126,521	100
Registered voters/turnout		6,829,696	51.54	6,829,696	45.78
Source: Government of Mali, (1st round), (2nd round)

See also

• Heads of Government of Mali
• Colonial Heads of Mali
• Elections in Mali (includes latest results)

References

External links

• World Statesmen - Mali