Bilal Ag Acherif
| Bilal Ag Acherif | |
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| President of the Transitional Council of the State of Azawad | |
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In office 6 April 2012 – 12 July 2012 |
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| Vice President | Mahamadou Djeri Maïga |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| General Secretary of the MNLA | |
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Assumed office October 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1977 Kidal Region, Mali |
| Nationality | Malian/Azawadi |
Bilal Ag Acherif (born 1977, last name alternatively spelled Cherif) is the Secretary-General of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) and president of a briefly independent Azawad.
In 1993, he left Mali for Libya to study political science and later returned in 2010.
On 26 June 2012, he was wounded in clashes between MNLA fighters and the Islamist Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa during the northern Mali conflict. According to an MNLA spokesperson, he was taken to Burkina Faso for medical care.
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