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Key facts
- Deputy
- Yoro Diakité , Amadou Baba Diarra
- Preceded by
- Modibo Keïta
- Succeeded by
- Amadou Toumani Touré
- Born
- ( 1936-09-25 ) 25 September 1936, Kayes , French Sudan (now Mali )
- Died
- 15 September 2020 (2020-09-15) (aged 83), Bamako , Mali
- Party
- Military (later UDPM )
- Spouse
- Mariam Sissoko
- Allegiance
- Mali
- Branch service
- Malian Army
- Years of service
- 1960–1991
- Rank
- Major General
- Battles wars
- Agacher Strip War , Tuareg rebellion (1990–1995)
- Conviction
- Death of an estimated 300 protesters
- Target
- protesters to his regime
- Victims
- 200+
- Penalty
- Capital punishment 1993, 1999
- Imprisoned
- Markala Prison
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Traoré
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Mali
- Place of birth
- Kayes
- Place of death
- Bamako
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Political party
- Democratic Union of the Malian People
- Languages spoken
- French
- Religion
- Sunni Islam
- Conflict
- Tuareg rebellion (1990-1995)
- Military rank
- general of the army
- Image
- Moussa Traoré (1989) (cropped).jpg
- Convicted of
- mass murder
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- date of birth
- 1936-09-25
- Commons category
- Moussa Traoré
- name in native language
- ߡߎߛߊ߫ ߕߙߊߥߟߋ߫
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
- end of work period
- 1991-00-00
- date of death
- 2020-09-15
- manner of death
- natural causes
- place of burial
- Bamako
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Encyclopedic overview
Moussa Traoré (25 September 1936 – 15 September 2020) was a Malian military officer, politician, and dictator who served as the second President of Mali from 1968 to 1991. As a lieutenant, he led the military ousting of President Modibo Keïta in 1968. Thereafter he served as head of state until March 1991, when he was overthrown by popular protests and a military coup.
During his tenure, political activity was banned, marking a shift to authoritarian control. His right-hand man Tiécoro Bagayoko oversaw a regime of surveillance with the help of informants. He dismantled the socialist economic policies of his predecessor, Modibo Keïta. He was twice condemned to death in the 1990s, but eventually pardoned on both occasions and freed in 2002. He retired from public life and died in 2020.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Moussa Traoré” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.