Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta
| Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta | |
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| President of Mali | |
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Assumed office 4 September 2013 |
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| Prime Minister |
Django Sissoko (Acting) Oumar Tatam Ly Moussa Mara Modibo Keita Abdoulaye Idrissa Maïga |
| Preceded by | Dioncounda Traoré (Acting) |
| Prime Minister of Mali | |
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In office 4 February 1994 – 15 February 2000 |
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| President | Alpha Oumar Konaré |
| Preceded by | Abdoulaye Sékou Sow |
| Succeeded by | Mandé Sidibé |
| President of the National Assembly | |
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In office 16 September 2002 – 3 September 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Aly Nouhoum Diallo |
| Succeeded by | Dioncounda Traoré |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
29 January 1945 Koutiala, French Sudan (now Mali) |
| Political party |
Alliance for Democracy in Mali (1990–2001) Rally for Mali (2001–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Keïta Aminata Maiga |
| Children | 4, including Karim |
| Alma mater |
University of Dhakar Pantheon-Sorbonne University |
| Religion | Islam |
Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (born January 29, 1945), or as he is often known, IBK, is a Malian politician who has been President of Mali since 2013. Previously he was Prime Minister of Mali from 1994 to 2000 and President of the National Assembly of Mali from 2002 to 2007. He founded a political party, Rally for Mali (RPM), in 2001. He was elected as President in the July–August 2013 presidential election and sworn in on 4 September 2013.
Keïta was born in Koutiala, Mali, a descendant of the founders of the medieval Empire of Mali. He studied at the Lycée Janson-de-Sailly in Paris and Lycée Askia-Mohamed in Bamako, continuing his education at the University of Dakar, the University of Paris I and the Institut d'Histoire des Relations Internationales Contemporaines (IHRIC; Institute of the Modern History of International Relations). He has a Master's degree in History and an additional graduate degree in Political Science and International Relations.
After his studies, he was a researcher at the CNRS and taught courses on Third World politics at the University of Paris I. Returning to Mali, he became a technical consultant for the European Development Fund, putting together the first small-scale development program for the European Union's aid activities in Mali. He went on to become Mali director for the French chapter of Terre des hommes, an international NGO aiding children in the developing world.
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