Malian politician
Choguel Kokalla Maiga
(born 1958) is a
Malian
politician and President of the
Patriotic Movement for Renewal
, a political party in Mali, and current Prime Minister of the Transition. He served in the government as Minister of Industry and Trade from 2002 to 2007 and later as Minister of the Digital Economy, Information and Communication from 2015 to 2016. On 4 June 2021, he was named Prime Minister of the Transition by coup leader & newly appointed President of Transition
Assimi Goita
.
Life and career
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Born in Tabango, in the
Gao Region
, Maiga is a
telecommunications
engineer by profession, and is a close associate of
Moussa Traore
. He was once a member of the
National Youth Union of Mali
. In February 1997 he became president of the
Patriotic Movement for Renewal
, a political party in Mali.
[
citation needed
]
In 2002 he
stood for president
, obtaining 2.73% of the votes in the first round
[1]
before bowing out and supporting
Amadou Toumani Toure
. In the
legislative election
of the same year he aligned himself with
Ibrahim Boubacar Keita
's
Rally for Mali
party and with the
National Congress for Democratic Initiative
, both part of the larger
Hope 2002
coalition.
[
citation needed
]
Maiga was the Minister of Industry and Commerce in the government of
Ahmed Mohamed ag Hamani
, serving in that capacity from 16 October 2002, until 28 April 2004;
[2]
he remained in that post under
Ousmane Issoufi Maiga
, serving from 2 May 2004 until 27 September 2007.
[
citation needed
]
In December 2005, Maiga was the Malian representative at the
Hong Kong
WTO
Doha Round
trade negotiations. With cotton and food subsidies in the developed world dramatically affecting the Malian economy, Maiga was quoted saying "[The US and EU] are like elephants fighting. We are like the grass under their feet."
[3]
In the
2007 presidential election
, Maiga did not stand as a candidate, instead once again supporting Amadou Toumani Toure. Following Toure's re-election, Maiga was appointed as Director of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (CRT, later known as the AMRTP) in January 2008. He remained in that post until he was appointed to the government
[4]
as Minister of the Digital Economy, Information and Communication on 10 January 2015.
[5]
[6]
He was dismissed from the government on 7 July 2016.
[7]
On 28 May 2021, shortly after his coup against N'Daw and Moctar Ouane, Colonel Assimi Goita announced that the post of Prime Minister would return to M5. The following day, Goita reportedly spoke of his plans to appoint Choguel Maiga to the post.
[8]
In September 2021, at the podium of the United Nations General Assembly, Choguel Maiga accused France of having abandoned Mali by deciding to withdraw the Barkhane force. He also did not appreciate not having been warned by his "partners" Paris and the UN.
[9]
On 13 August 2022, Maiga suffered a stroke and was admitted to the Pasteur clinic in
Bamako
. No information about the reason for the stroke has been released.
[10]
He was temporarily replaced on medical leave by Colonel
Abdoulaye Maiga
on 21 August 2022.
[11]
On 25 November 2022, Maiga said he recovered and he is ready to return as Prime Minister. On 5 December 2022, Maiga resumed his duties as prime minister.
[12]
[13]
References
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- ^
L'Essor: official First Round Results
[
permanent dead link
]
- ^
Malian Embassy to Japan
Archived
2012-07-18 at
archive.today
.
- ^
Anti-WTO Summit: 800 arrests at failed WTO meeting
Archived
2010-06-20 at the
Wayback Machine
, 20 December 2005.
Interview: l'Essor
[
permanent dead link
]
, 2005-12-26.
- ^
Kassim Traore,
"Mali : Choguel Kokalla Maiga ministre de la communication : Le tigre en chef et enfant terrible de la politique signe son retour"
,
Le Reporter
, 14 January 2015
(in French)
.
- ^
"Mali : composition du nouveau gouvernement forme le 10 janvier"
, Xinhua, 11 January 2015
(in French)
.
- ^
"Mali : sept ministres quittent le nouveau gouvernement"
, Agence France-Presse, 11 January 2015
(in French)
.
- ^
"Mali: une membre de l'ex-rebellion et huit nouveaux ministres au gouvernement"
Archived
2 June 2021 at the
Wayback Machine
, Agence France-Presse, 8 July 2016
(in French)
.
- ^
"Mali : Assimi Goita President, Dr Choguel Maiga Premier ministre"
, Afrik.com, 29 May 2021
(in French)
.
- ^
"Mali : le Premier ministre Choguel Maiga accuse la France d’≪ abandon ≫"
, Jeune Afrique, 26 September 2021
(in French)
.
- ^
"Mali : le Premier ministre Choguel Maiga hospitalise ? Jeune Afrique"
.
JeuneAfrique.com
(in French)
. Retrieved
13 August
2022
.
- ^
"Mali appoints interim replacement for ill civilian prime minister"
.
Al Jazeera
. 22 August 2022.
- ^
"Mali's Choguel Maiga reinstated as prime minister after medical leave"
.
reuters.com
. 5 December 2022
. Retrieved
31 January
2023
.
- ^
"Choguel Maiga redevient Premier ministre du Mali"
.
Boursorama
. Retrieved
31 January
2023
.
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