PAST PRESIDENTS OF MALI TILL DATE

This article lists the heads of state of Mali and their official tittle since the country gained independence and their term in office.

This is a list of heads of state of Mali since the country gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day.

A total of seven people have served as head of state of Mali (excluding three acting presidents). Additionally, two people, Amadou Toumani Touré and Assimi Goïta, have served on two non-consecutive occasions.

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The current head of state of Mali is interim president Assimi Goïta, who took power for a second time on 24 May 2021, after dismissing previous interim president Bah Ndaw in the 2021 coup d’état. He has since been constitutionally declared interim president of Mali.

TERM LIMITS

As of 2021, there is a two-term limit for the president in the Constitution of Mali. The term limit has not been met by any president yet.

HEADS OF STATE

Titles

1960–1965: Head of State

1965–1968: President of the Republic

1968–1969: Chairman of the Military Committee for National Liberation

1969–1979: Head of State

1979–1991: President of the Republic

1991: Chairman of the National Reconciliation Council

1991–1992: Chairman of the Transitional Committee for the Salvation of the People

1992–2012: President of the Republic

2012: Chairman of the National Committee for the Restoration of Democracy and State

2012–2020: President of the Republic

2020: Chairman of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People

2020–present: President of the Transition