File:Keita,_1966_(cropped).jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Modibo Keïta
Sign in to saveAlso known as Modibo Keita
Malian politician and President of Mali (1915-1977)
Key facts
- Preceded by
- Office established
- Succeeded by
- Moussa Traoré
- Born
- ( 1915-06-04 ) 4 June 1915, Bamako Coura , Upper Senegal and Niger
- Died
- 16 May 1977 (1977-05-16) (aged 61), Bamako , Mali
- Citizenship
- France (1915–1960), Mali (1960–1977)
- Party
- Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally
- Spouses
- Mariam Travélé ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1939 ) Fatoumata "Didi" Haïdara ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1952 ; died 1976 ) Fatoumata Diallo later known as Keïta Fatoumata Diallo
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Bamako
- Place of death
- Kidal
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- École normale supérieure William Ponty
- Political party
- Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Religion
- Islam
- Image
- JFKWHP-KN-C18793-A (cropped2).jpg
- Work location
- Paris
Show 4 more facts
- date of birth
- 1915-06-04
- date of death
- 1977-05-16
- Commons category
- Modibo Keita
- name in native language
- ߡߏߘߌߓߐ߬ ߞߋߕߊ߬
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
~12 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Modibo Keïta (4 June 1915 – 16 May 1977) was a Malian politician who served as the first President of Mali from 1960 to 1968. He espoused a form of African socialism. He was deposed in a coup d'état in 1968 by Moussa Traoré.
Born and raised in Bamako, Keïta began a career as a teacher in 1936 under French colonial rule before entering politics during the 1940s. In 1945, he co-founded the Sudanese Union (US) with Mamadou Konaté which became part of the African Democratic Rally (RDA) the following year to form the US-RDA. Being elected to several positions, his political prominence grew in the 1950s, and in 1959, he became Prime Minister of the Mali Federation, a short-lived federation of Mali and Senegal. Following the federation's collapse in 1960, Mali became an independent state, and Keïta became the new country's inaugural president.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Modibo Keïta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.