Malick Diaw Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Colonel
Malick Diaw
Office:Vice President of Mali
President:Assimi Goïta
Primeminister:Vacant
Term Start:19 August 2020
Term End:25 September 2020
Predecessor:Office established
Successor:Assimi Goïta
Office1:President of
President1:Bah Ndaw
Primeminister1:Moctar Ouane
Term Start1:5 December 2020
Predecessor1:Office established
Birth Place:Ségou, Mali
Alma Mater:Joint Military School in Koulikoro
Prytanée militaire de Kati
Allegiance: Mali
Branch:Malian Armed Forces
Unit:Autonomous Special Forces Battalion
Battles:Mali War
Awards:is not set -->

Malick Diaw is a Malian soldier and politician. The colonel was one of the leaders of the Military Junta that organized the 2020 Malian coup d'état and a member of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People.[1] On December 5, 2020, he was elected president of the, the de facto Malian legislative body.[2]

Biography

Colonel Malick Diaw was a student at the then joined the Joint Military School in Koulikoro in 1998.[3] He became deputy director of the at the time of the coup.[4] He was also Subjete of the General Staff of the National Guard in the 3rd Military Region of Kati.

As an artillery officer, he participated in the Mali War between 2013 and 2017.

He was one of the soldiers present at the massive rally to celebrate the fall of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta[5] and is considered one of the masterminds of the 2020 Malian coup d'état that overthrew the president. He became second in command of the Military Junta led by Assimi Goïta, interim vice president in the transition of Mali. He also played a key role in negotiations with the Economic Community of West African States to lift sanctions in October.

Diaw was elected president of the with 111 votes in favor and 7 abstentions, in a body in which the military occupies 22 of the 121 seats.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mali's Malick Diaw to head National Transition Council . BBC News . 5 December 2020 . 19 December 2020.
  2. Web site: Au Mali, le colonel Malick Diaw élu à la tête du Conseil national de transition . France 24 . 5 December 2020 . 19 December 2020 . fr.
  3. Web site: Mali : ce qu’il faut savoir sur Malick Diaw, pièce maîtresse de la junte à la tête du CNT . . Aïssatou Diallo . 9 December 2020 . 19 December 2020 . fr.
  4. Web site: Mali Coup d’État: The soldiers who brought down IBK . The Africa Report . 20 August 2020 . 19 December 2020.
  5. Web site: Mali's interim legislature elects Malick Diaw as president . Africanews . 5 December 2020 . 19 December 2020.