Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga

Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga (French pronunciation: [sumelu bubɛj maiga]; 8 June 1954 – 21 March 2022) was a Malian politician who was the Prime Minister of Mali between 30 December 2017 and 18 April 2019. The leader of the Alliance for Solidarity in Mali, he had previously served in the government of Mali as Minister of Foreign Affairs under President Amadou Toumani Touré from 5 April 2011 until the March 2012 coup d'état. Later he was Minister of Defense from 2013 to 2014 and was Secretary-General of the Presidency from 2016 to 2017.

== Early life and career ==

Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga was born in Gao on 8 June 1954. He studied journalism from Cheikh Anta Diop University's Center for the Study of Information Science and Technology. In 1987, he graduated from the Paris-Sud University with a Diploma of Specialized Higher Studies (DESS) in diplomacy and international organisation management. Soumeylou also held a master's degree in international economic relations from Paris's Institut d'administration. He began his career as a journalist at L'Essor and then worked at the Malian Press and Advertising Agency's magazine Sunjata.

== Political career ==

As first vice-president of ADEMA-PASJ...