Mali

Official name:

Republic of Mali

Name in local language:

République du Mali; Mali ka Fasojamana

Form of government:

Republic

Political system:

Semi-presidential

Founding date/ Date of independence: 22 September 1960 (from France)
Date of constitution/reform: 12 January 1992; modified in 1999
Form of state: Unitary
Administrative divisions: 8 regions; 1 district (Bamako)
Official language(s): French
Other spoken languages: Bambara, Dogon, Songhai, Soninké, Bobo, Peul, Tamasheq, Hassaniya.
Official religion: Secular
Minorities: linguistic-ethnic: bambara, malinkés, soninkés, peul, senufos, bozos, dogons, songhais, jassonkés, tuareg, maure, arabs, kunta; religious: christians.
Dominant actor(s): in occupied northern regions: armed islamist groups, rebel tuareg groups and terrorist groups; in southern regions: the army and religious and traditional leaders.
Elected institutions of government: President, National Assembly, municipal councillors.
Non-elected institutions of government:
Party system: multy-party system.

Current authorities

Head of state: Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (since 4 September 2013, was ousted in the 18th August 2020 military coup and replaced by a Military Junta. Bah Ndaw is the provisional president of the state since September 20th 2020. As a result, Mali has been suspended of the African Union. On the 24th May 2021, a second coup d'état replaced Ndaw by colonel Assimi Goita, the new strong man in Mali.
Head of government: Boubou Cisse, since April 2019. Ousted on August 18th by the Military Junta. Acting prime minister is Moctar Ouane since August 27th, 2020.
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Abdoulaye Diop, until coup.
Minister of Interior: Abdoulaye Idrissa Maïga, until coup.
Head(s) of Legislative Branch: Younoussi Touré, until coup. The parliament was replaced by the National Transition Council on december 2020, led by speaker Malick Diaw.
Composition legislative branch: Link to PDF
Head of the Judiciary:
Schematic representation of the political system: