First Lady of Mali

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|incumbent = Lala Diallo

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|incumbentsince = May 24, 2021

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|residence = Presidential Palace, Bamako

|formation = {{start date and age|1960|06|20|df=yes}}

|inaugural = Mariam Travélé

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First Lady of Mali (French: Première dame du Mali) is the title held by the wife of the president of Mali, concurrent with the president's term of office.{{cite news |title=Les premières Dames du Mali : Qui sont-elles ? D'où viennent-elles? |url=http://malijet.com/a_la_une_du_mali/27702-les_premi_res_dames_du_mali_qui_sont-elles_d_o_viennent-elles.html |work=Le Challenger |publisher=MaliJet |date=2010-09-22 |access-date=2017-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714014326/http://malijet.com/a_la_une_du_mali/27702-les_premi_res_dames_du_mali_qui_sont-elles_d_o_viennent-elles.html |archive-date=2017-07-14 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=Mali: Premières dames du Mali: Le pilier caché du pouvoir |url=http://maliactu.net/mali-premieres-dames-du-mali-le-pilier-cache-du-pouvoir/ |work=Aujourd'hui-Mali |publisher=Mali Actu |date=2017-03-04 |access-date=2019-03-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310013216/http://maliactu.net/mali-premieres-dames-du-mali-le-pilier-cache-du-pouvoir/ |archive-date=2017-03-10 |url-status=dead }} The present first lady is Lala Diallo, wife of interim President Assimi Goïta, who has held the position since May 24, 2021.

List of first ladies

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!Notes

|Mariam Travélé

|20 June 1960

|19 November 1968

|Modibo Keïta

|President Modibo Keïta, who was polygamous and had three wives, named his first wife, Mariam Travélé, as the official First Lady of Mali. She was imprisoned by Moussa Traoré as a political prisoner from the 1968 Malian coup d'état, which overthrew her husband, until 1978.

|Mariam Sissoko

|19 November 1968

|26 March 1991

|Moussa Traoré

|Lobbo Traoré

|100px

|26 March 1991

|8 June 1992

|Amadou Toumani Touré

|Adame Ba Konaré

|8 June 1992

|8 June 2002

|Alpha Oumar Konaré

|Adame Ba Konaré is a professional historian and academic.

(3)

|Lobbo Traoré

|100px

|8 June 2002

|22 March 2012

|Amadou Toumani Touré

|Unknown

|22 March 2012

|12 April 2012

|Amadou Sanogo

|Mintou Doucour

|12 April 2012

|4 September 2013

|Dioncounda Traoré

|Keïta Aminata Maiga

|100px

|4 September 2013

|19 August 2020

|Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta

|Lala Diallo

|August 19, 2020

|September 25, 2020

|Colonel Assimi Goïta

|President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta was overthrown in the 2020 Malian coup d'état. The country was ruled by a military junta called the National Committee for the Salvation of the People led by Colonel Assimi Goïta. His wife, Lala Diallo, made no public appearances during this brief period.

|Married

|September 25, 2020

|May 24, 2021

|Bah Ndaw

|Acting President Bah Ndaw refused to grant the title of First Lady to his wife during his brief, interim presidency. Ndaw cited the need to keep his wife and other immediate family members out of public affairs during his transitional government.{{cite news |first=A.B. |last=Haidara |title=Pour une gestion transparente de la transition: Bah N’Daw refuse le statut de la 1ère Dame pour son épouse Il renonce à 50 millions Fcfa de son fonds au profit de Assimi Goïta |url=http://mali-web.org/politique/pour-une-gestion-transparente-de-la-transition-bah-ndaw-refuse-le-statut-de-la-1ere-dame-pour-son-epouse-il-renonce-a-50-millions-fcfa-de-son-fonds-au-profit-de-assimi-goita |work=Maliweb.infos |date=2020-12-11 |access-date=2021-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230060854/http://mali-web.org/politique/pour-une-gestion-transparente-de-la-transition-bah-ndaw-refuse-le-statut-de-la-1ere-dame-pour-son-epouse-il-renonce-a-50-millions-fcfa-de-son-fonds-au-profit-de-assimi-goita |archive-date=2020-12-30 |url-status=live}} President Ndaw was overthrown by his vice president, Colonel Assimi Goïta, in the 2021 Malian coup d'état on May 24, 2021.

|Lala Diallo

|May 24, 2021

|President

|Colonel Assimi Goïta

|Lala Diallo made her first public appearance as first lady at Goïta's inauguration on June 7, 2021.{{cite news |first=Justin |last=Coulibaly |title=Epouse du colonel Assimi Goïta, Lala Diallo enflamme la Toile |url=https://www.afrik.com/epouse-du-colonel-assimi-goita-lala-diallo-enflamme-la-toile |work=Afrik.com |date=2021-08-06 |access-date=2021-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608080632/https://www.afrik.com/epouse-du-colonel-assimi-goita-lala-diallo-enflamme-la-toile |archive-date=2021-06-08 |url-status=live}}

References

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First Lady of Mali

List of first ladies

See also

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