"[6], In June 2001, Touré served briefly as a special envoy of UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to the Central African Republic, after the failed coup attempt that had occurred there. President Touré was not taken into custody by the rebels. Mutinous soldiers deposed him in March 2012, opening an era of instability that continues to this day. In 2001 he briefly served as a special envoy for Secretary General Kofi Annan of the United Nations after a coup in the Central African Republic. VOUS ÊTES 2 GRANDS HOMMES QUI AVEZ MARQUÉ L'HISTOIRE DU MALI. didn’t question that when he came into power in 2002,” Ms. Moderan said. His survivors include his wife, Touré Lobbo Traoré, and three daughters. He was later ousted himself in a military coup. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press. [20][21], For more than two weeks Touré's whereabouts were unknown and CNRDRE never indicated that he was in its custody. He was praised for his diplomatic skills and for favoring consensus over confrontation. Accused by many, both inside and outside the country, of being the chief culprit for the breakdown of his country, President Touré has at times appeared to be the sole scapegoat for the conflict. He was also credited with improving access to housing and creating the country’s first nationwide medical insurance. Before his departure from Mali, he had undergone an emergency heart surgery in the capital, Bamako. Amadou Toumani Touré, Former Malian President, Dies at 72, President Amadou Toumani Touré of Mali in 2012. Capt. Neighboring countries and France, the former colonial power, grew frustrated at his management of the threats posed by insurgent groups. ATT sera-t-il de retour à Bamako dès dimanche ? In March 2012 he was deposed in a military coup. The former Malian president had undergone heart surgery in Bamako before being evacuated to Turkey. Mali's former president Amadou Toumani Toure dies at 72. The 2012 Malian crisis has placed Amadou Toumani Touré’s regime in the dock of history. He “passed the baton” from military to democratic rule, an analyst said. The brutal massacre in Aguel Hoc (frontier with Niger) of more than 80 Malian soldiers led to unrest in the army, with soldiers and army wives accusing President Touré of mismanagement because of ammunition shortages. In 2012, Mr. Touré fled Mali and found refuge in Senegal, where he lived for several years before returning to his home country in 2017. [12], Touré announced on 27 March 2007, that he would run for a second term in the April 2007 presidential election. On 21 March, soldiers at a barracks in Kati, near Bamako, launched a revolt against the visiting defense minister, and their revolt turned into a coup d'État. [10], His presidency was atypical, in part due to the fact that he was not a member of any political party and that he included members from all of the country's political parties in his government. Amadou Toumani Touré was born on 4 November 1948, in Mopti, where he attended primary school. “In the end, he was overthrown by a weak army.”. Amadou Toumani Touré (4 November 1948 – 9 November 2020) was a Malian politician. But under Mr. Touré, Mali became riddled with corruption, analysts have said, and in the late 2000s he was increasingly accused of being complacent about drug trafficking in the north. [4] He presided over the national conference that between 29 July and 13 August 1991 drew up the Constitution of Mali and scheduled the legislative and presidential elections of 1992. [3] Known universally by his initials ATT, Colonel Touré (as he then was) became leader of the Transitional Committee for the Welfare of the People and acting head of state throughout the committee's efforts to transition the country's government to democracy. [30], Touré was married to Touré Lobbo Traoré. [26] On 19 April, Touré went into exile in neighboring Senegal. As a military officer commanding the nation’s paratroop battalion […] sought to contain security threats without really addressing them, and eventually let the situation in Mali deteriorate,” said Yvan Guichaoua, a lecturer in international conflict analysis at the Brussels School of International Studies and an expert in the vast Sahel region of North Africa, of which Mali is a part. [21], On 3 April, the junta announced that it was considering charges of treason and financial misconduct against Touré. Amadou Toumani Toure - the army general widely credited with rescuing Mali from military dictatorship and establishing democracy in Mali - fled to Senegal after the March 2012 coup. According to Ornella Moderan, a Bamako-based researcher and the head of the Sahel program at the Institute for Security Studies in Pretoria, South Africa, Mr. Touré was deposed in part because he had failed to reform the Malian military. He won praise for keeping his promise and swiftly handing over power to Alpha Oumar Konaré, who won the 1992 presidential election. Amadou Haya Sanogo (born 1972 or 1973) is a Malian military officer who was leader of the 2012 Malian coup d'état against President Amadou Toumani Touré.He proclaimed himself the leader of the National Committee for Recovering Democracy and Restoring the State (CNRDRE). Mali's former president Amadou Toumani Touré, who led the Sahel nation for 10 years before being ousted in a coup, has died in Turkey aged 72, a close aide said on Tuesday. In his 10 years in office he oversaw a broad infrastructure program entailing the construction of hospitals, roads and schools and improvements to water and electrical systems. He supervised Mali's first multiparty elections as chairman of the transitional government (1991–1992), and later became the second democratically-elected President of Mali (2002–2012). Si elles ne confirment pas ce retour maintes fois annoncé, les autorités maliennes ne le démentent pas non plus. Mali’s former president Amadou Toumani Touré, who led the Sahel nation for 10 years before being ousted in a coup, has died in Turkey aged 72, a close aide said on Tuesday. During his presidency, the foundation was managed by First Lady Toure Lobbo Traore. He created instead a humanitarian foundation for children’s health and worked on campaigns against polio and AIDS. 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In a statement, President Bah N’Daw of Mali praised Mr. Touré for helping to modernize the country and dedicating “all his love and all his strengths” to it. “The chain of command had been destroyed, and the main cities in the north all fell in the weeks that followed Touré’s departure.”. In the first round of voting, he placed first with 28.71% of the vote,[8] while in the second round he won 64.35% of the vote, defeating the ADEMA candidate, former cabinet minister Soumaïla Cissé, who obtained 35.65%. Later that year, he resigned from the Malian military to run for president. He began his career as a teacher but joined the army in 1969; he later received military training in France and the Soviet Union. D'après ses partisans, Amadou Toumani Touré rentrera à Bamako dimanche prochain, cinq ans après avoir quitté son pays pour Dakar, où il vit depuis le coup d'État qui l'a contraint à l'exil en 2012. “A.T.T. Mr. Touré became Mali’s interim head of state in Bamako, the capital, a position he held from 1991 to 1992. ... which blamed the government of President Amadou Toumani Touré, a … Mali's former president Amadou Toumani Touré, who led the Sahel nation for 10 years before being ousted in a coup, has died in Turkey aged 72, a family member and a doctor said on Tuesday. Amadou Toumani Touré was born on Nov. 4, 1948, in Mopti, in central Mali, and grew up in Timbuktu, in the north. “Yet many Malians will never forget that unfortunately, it was during his second term that the Malian state crumbled to the point of collapse.”, He added, “What’s his responsibility in that? They had three daughters. Outside the presidential palace in Bamako, the capital, after a military coup in 2012 ousted Mr. Touré. Mr. Touré in 2008 with President Bush. BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali's former president Amadou Toumani Toure has died at the age of 72, according to Senegal's president. “What he was loved for, was also what he was hated for: forging consensus, seeking agreements with various protagonists and maintaining hegemony on a shoestring.”. [27], Amadou Toumani Touré returned to Mali after five years, on 24 December 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File) Mali’s transitional President Bah N’Daw confirmed Toure’s death on Tuesday in a … [13] According to final results announced on 12 May, Touré won the election with 71.20% of the votes. [7], In September 2001, he requested and was granted retirement from the military, entering politics as a candidate in the 2002 presidential election. He was 72. [2], In March 1991, after the violent suppression of anti-government demonstrations turned into a popular revolution against 23 years of military rule, the armed forces refused to fire any longer on the Malian people and Touré – head of the presidential guard – arrested President Moussa Traoré. “A.T.T.’s predecessor thought that a strong democracy didn’t need a strong army, and A.T.T. He was easily re-elected in 2007 to a second and final term. Il est le 4e président de la République du Mali depuis le 8 juin 2002. It’s hard to say, but what is undeniable is that his presidency led to some of Mali’s most tragic moments.”. French troops intervened in January 2013, taking back territory in the north that had been controlled by insurgents and preventing the groups from marching to Bamako. Amadou Toumani Touré (known as ATT) died during the night of Monday to Tuesday, at the age of 72 years, according to Malian media and family members. The statement read, “President Muhammadu Buhari sends heartfelt condolences to government and people of the Republic of Mali over the passing of former President, Amadou Toumani Toure. They then formed a provisional governmental authority, the National Committee for the Restoration of Democracy and State (CNRDRE), under the leadership of Captain Amadou Sanogo, and declared that they had overthrown Touré, accusing his government of incompetence. Mutinous soldiers deposed Mr. Touré in March 2012, plunging Mali into a period of turmoil as Islamist groups seized swaths of the northern parts of the country and threatened to expand into the center. BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s former president Amadou Toumani Toure has died at the age of 72. … “The overthrow of A.T.T. Dormez en paix ! Amadou Toumani Touré, a former president of Mali who helped shape the country’s political landscape over two decades before being toppled in a … Ten years later, after retiring from the army, Touré entered politics as a civilian and won the 2002 presidential election with a broad coalition of support. Amadou Toumani Touré was born on Nov. 4, 1948, in Mopti, in central Mali, and grew up in Timbuktu, within the north. “A.T.T. Mr. Touré was named a general after stepping aside, but in the decade that followed he mostly stayed out of Malian politics. [17], In addition to improving Mali's infrastructure, Touré established the first national medical insurance system. He was 72. He started his profession as a trainer, however joined the military in 1969, and later obtained army coaching in France and the Soviet Union. He supervised Mali's first multiparty elections as chairman of the transitional government (1991–1992), and later became the second democratically-elected President of Mali (2002–2012). Touré was head of President Moussa Traoré's personal guard (and parachute regiment) when a popular revolution overthrew the regime in March 1991; Colonel Touré then arrested the President and led the revolution onward. “What he was loved for,” one analyst said, “was also what he was hated for: forging consensus.”. The CNRDRE did, however, state that Touré was in "good health"[22] and a statement from the Nigerian government, though supportive of Touré, claimed that he had been "detained" by the mutineers. Chronic instability has plagued the country. [5] Following his voluntary departure from office, he gained the nickname "The Soldier of Democracy. FILE PHOTO: Mali's President Amadou Toumani Toure delivers a speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg September 7, 2010.REUTERS/Jean-Marc … Alongside efforts by former President Jimmy Carter, he fought to control the parasitic Guinea worm. Amadou Toumani Touré, who died in an Istanbul hospital on November 10th at age 72, is being warmly remembered in Mali as one of the country’s … Amadou Toumani Touré, dit ATT, né le 4 novembre 1948 à Mopti (Soudan français, actuel Mali), est un général et homme d’État malien. Dessin animé de Issouf BAH, réalisé sur "Paint" et "Windows Movie Maker". Mr. Touré, who led Mali through a tumultuous transition from military rule in 1991, was the country’s second democratically chosen president. special envoy for Secretary General Kofi Annan. as the ‘soldier of democracy,’ the army official who passed the baton to the first democratically elected president of Mali,” Mr. Samassékou said. He served as interim president (1991–92) after a coup and was elected president in 2002. Mali's former president Amadou Toumani Toure, who served as Mali's president from 2002 until March 2012 when he was deposed by a military coup, has died at the age of 72, according to Senegal's President Macky Sall on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. [18], Early in 2012, elements of the Malian military protested the Touré government's handling of the 2012 insurgency in northern Mali. BAMAKO, Mali - Mali’s former president Amadou Toumani Toure has died at the age of 72. “We must accept to try a new experience, the experience of democracy, the experience of a multiparty system,” Mr. Touré said in a televised interview in 1991, in which he vowed to protect a transition to democracy. left the Malian Army on the ground in complete disarray,” said Marc-André Boisvert, an independent researcher on the Malian Army. In September, in one of his last public appearances, Mr. Touré attended the funeral of Mr. Traoré, the authoritarian leader he helped overthrow in 1991. President of Mali (L), Amadou Toumani Toure, arrives with the the African Union delegation, who will try to negotiate a truce between Gaddafi's forces and … L'ancien président malien Amadou Toumani Touré dit ATT n'est plus. Former Malian President Amadou Toumani Touré has died aged 72. [15] Foreign observers, however, endorsed the election as free and fair. Amadou Toumani Touré, a former president of Mali who helped shape the country’s political landscape over two decades before being toppled in a military coup in 2012, died on Monday in Istanbul. [29], Touré was a member of the Earth Charter International Commission. Former Malian President Amadou Toumani Touré has died aged 72. [28], In 1993, Touré founded Fondation pour l'enfance, a children's health foundation. Foiling a coup attempt, he steered the country to its first democratic presidential election since it had won independence in 1960. Amadou Sanogo, shown Thursday, was identified on state television as the leader of the mutinous troops in Mali. After the results of the elections became known, Touré handed over power to the newly elected president, Alpha Oumar Konaré. But he yielded authority to elected politicians after a little more than a year. Entre 1966 et 1969, il est inscrit à l’école normale secondaire de Badalabougou … As the second democratically chosen president in Mali’s post-independence history, Mr. Touré presided over improvements to hospitals, schools and other infrastructure and put in place a national medical insurance plan. Mr. Touré’s career — first as the military leader of a coup in 1991 that brought him to power for little more than a year, and later as Mali’s president from 2002 to 2012 — reflected the recent tumultuous history of that West African country, a series of military overthrows, rocky political transitions and local insurgencies. Yet after he was re-elected in 2007, Mr. Touré, widely known by his initials, A.T.T., was accused of failing to contain two insurgencies in the country’s north, one led by Tuareg rebel groups, the other by jihadists. He died early Tuesday in Turkey where he was undergoing treatment. Amadou Toumani Touré est né le 4 novembre 1948 à (Mopti soudan français actuel Mali) où il fréquente l’école fondamentale. Amadou Toumani Touré (4 November 1948 – 9 November 2020) was a Malian politician. As a member of the Parachute Corps, he rose quickly through the ranks and after numerous training courses in the Soviet Union and France, he became the commander of the parachute commandos in 1984. Still, the country remains roiled by violence. [9] Touré was sworn in on 8 June 2002. 2 défunts généraux, 2 anciens présidents et 2 grands hommes de l'histoire du Mali. [19] A group of sergeants and corporals seized several locations in Bamako, including the presidential palace, state television headquarters, and some military barracks. Amadou Toumani Touré à son tombeur, Amadou Haya Sanogo: « J'ai de la pitié pour lui » The threat from jihadist groups — including Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, among others — has spread across a vast sweep of the Sahel, including in the central area of Mopti in Mali, where Mr. Touré was born. He presided over a year-long military-civilian transition process that produced a new Constitution and multiparty elections, then handed power to Mali's first democratically-elected president, Alpha Oumar Konaré, on 6 June 1992. [16] Touré was sworn in for his second term as president on 8 June 2007,[10] at a ceremony attended by seven other African presidents. On 22 March 2012, shortly before his scheduled departure from office, disgruntled soldiers initiated a coup d'état that forced him into hiding. Amadou Toumani Touré, byname ATT, (born November 4, 1948, Mopti, French Sudan [now in Mali]—died November 10, 2020, Istanbul, Turkey), Malian politician and military leader who twice led his country. Mali : Décès d'Amadou Toumani Touré Le Mali est en deuil. 🇲🇱 BONNE FÊTE DE L'ARMÉE AUX GÉNÉRAUX AMADOU TOUMANI TOURÉ ET MOUSSA TRAORÉ. Mali’s former President, Amadou Toumani Toure, who led the Sahel nation for a decade before being ousted in a coup, has died in Turkey aged 72, a … “Mali will remember A.T.T. Konaré promoted Touré to the rank of General. [7], Conforming to the constitution of Mali, which has a two-term presidential limit, Touré confirmed at a press conference on 12 June 2011, that he would not stand in the 2012 presidential election. [11] Following his 2002 election, he appointed Ahmed Mohamed ag Hamani as Prime Minister, but on 28 April 2004, Hamani was replaced by Ousmane Issoufi Maiga, who in turn was replaced on 28 September 2007 by Modibo Sidibé. The main opposition candidate, National Assembly President Ibrahima Boubacar Keïta, won 19.15%;[14] the Front for Democracy and the Republic, a coalition including Keïta and three other candidates, rejected the official results. He arrived in Turkish commercial capital, Istanbul, a few days ago. Amadou Toumani Toure, who led Mali from military rule to democracy in the 1990s before being ousted by soldiers in 2012, has died. Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who was elected in 2013 after Mr. Touré was ousted, was himself deposed in a coup in August, the third in Mali in less than three decades. More than 10,000 people have died in unrest in West Africa, and more than a million have fled their homes in recent years. Elected in 2002, Mr. Touré was re-elected in 2007. [23] According to soldiers loyal to Touré, however, he was safe, and guarded by pro-government military forces at a barracks somewhere outside of Bamako. Mali’s former President Amadou Toumani Toure, who led the Sahel nation for a decade before being removed in a coup, has died in Turkey aged 72, a family member and a doctor said. [7] He died in Istanbul, Turkey, on 9 November 2020,[31] a week after his 72nd birthday. Mr. Touré’s chief of staff, Seydou Cissouma, confirmed the death, at a hospital, but provided no details. Born in Mali's central Mopti region in 1948, Toure later became a lieutenant-colonel in Mali's army. The former army general won acclaim for pursuing democratic reforms before being ousted in a military coup in 2012. Between 1966 and 1969, he attended Badalabougou Standard Secondary School in Bamako in order to become a teacher. The current president, Amadou Toumani Toure, was a former paratrooper who seized power in a 1991 coup. [1] As part of the agreement to restore constitutional order to Mali, Touré resigned from the presidency on 8 April, and eleven days later he went into exile. Eventually, he joined the army and attended the Kati Inter-Military College. was one of the main architects of the Malian democracy,” said Adama Samassékou, a former education minister who had known Mr. Touré since his youth. He arrived in Turkish commercial capital, Istanbul, a few days ago. Amadou Toumani Touré (acting) Succeeded by: Amadou Toumani Touré: Personal details; Born 2 February 1946 (age 75) Kayes, French Sudan: Nationality: Malian: Political party: ADEMA-PASJ: Spouse(s) Adame Ba Konaré: Alma mater: University of Warsaw: Profession: Tutor, Teacher, Researcher, Professor He died early Tuesday in Turkey where he was undergoing treatment. [24], On 8 April, Touré reemerged to announce his resignation in accordance with an agreement brokered by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to return Mali to constitutional rule,[25] telling ECOWAS mediators, "More than anything, I do it out of the love I have for my country". As an army officer commanding the country’s paratroop battalion in March 1991, Mr. Touré led the effort to topple the military regime of Moussa Traoré, who had been in power since 1968 and whose suppression of protests had led to the deaths of dozens of demonstrators that month.