Amadou Baba Diarra was a Malian politician and military figure. Diarra was the second vice president of ruling junta from 1968 to 1979.[1]
He was born ca. 1933 in Diena, in Koutiala Cercle.[2] He volunteered in the French colonial army in 1953. He became second lieutenant in February 1965, and lieutenant two years later.
Diarra was a member of the ruling junta which took power and ousted Modibo Keïta on 19 November 1968.[1] Lieutenant Diarra was appointed second vice president of the junta.[1] He was promoted to the rank of captain in October 1971. Diarra was appointed as Minister of Finance from 1970 to 1973,[3] and Minister of Planning in 1975.[2]
Diarra was promoted colonel in 1978, and served again as Minister of Finance from 1978 to 1979.[3] In the same year he became deputy secretary general of the sole legal party, Democratic Union of the Malian People (UDPM).[2] He was promoted to brigadier general in October 1982 and division general four years later. He successively became Minister of State in charge of Equipment (1983-1985), Minister of State in charge of Planning (1985-1988), before be appointed as president of the Economic and Social Council until March 1991. He retired in 1992 when Moussa Traoré was deposed.[2]
He died in May 2008.[2]
^ abcImperato, Pascal James (1996). Historical dictionary of Mali (3. ed.). Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810831285.
^ abcde"Malijet Décès de Amadou Baba Diarra : Un service de la nation d'une exceptionnelle longevité Bamako Mali". 3 August 2018. Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ ab"Ministère de l'Economie et des Finances". September 15, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-09-15.
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