Mamadou Dembelé | |
Office: | Prime Minister of Mali |
President: | Moussa Traoré |
Term Start: | 6 June 1986 |
Term End: | 6 June 1988 |
Predecessor: | Yoro Diakité (1969) |
Successor: | Soumana Sacko (1991) |
Birth Date: | 21 January 1934 |
Birth Place: | Kayes, French Sudan (now Mali) |
Death Place: | Bamako, Mali |
Occupation: | Politician Physician |
Party: | UDPM |
Mamadou Dembelé (21 January 1934 – 9 October 2016)[1] was a Malian physician and politician. Dembelé served as Prime Minister of Mali from 6 June 1986 to 6 June 1988 under President Moussa Traoré.[2] He was a member of the Democratic Union of the Malian People and responsible for the repression of the 1979–80 student movements.[3] He died on 9 October 2016 at the age of 82. Dembélé was to have a state funeral at the paternal home in Darsalam, followed by interment at the cemetery of Hamdallaye on Tuesday 11 October 2016.[4] [5]