Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (born January 29, 1945), or as he is often known, IBK, is a Malian politician who has been President of Mali since 2013.Previously he was Prime Minister of Mali from 1994 to 2000 and President of the National Assembly of Mali from 2002 to 2007.
He founded a political party, Rally for Mali (RPM), in 2001.
He was elected as President in the July–August 2013 presidential election and sworn in on 4 September 2013.
keita was born in koutiala , mali . he studied at the lycee janson de sailly in paris and lycee askia mihamed in bamako, continuing his education at the university of kakar, the university of paris he has a master's degree in international relations.
He went on to become mali director for the french chapter of terre des hommes, an international NGO aiding children inthe developing world.
Disagreements within ADEMA forced him to resign as Prime Minister on February 14, 2000, and then from the leadership of the party in October 2000. He then founded his own party, the Rally for Mali (RPM), which he has led since its creation was announced on June 30, 2001
Keïta was also elected as President of the Executive Committee of the African Parliamentary Union on October 24, 2002 at its Khartoum Conference
Keïta is married and has four children.[His son Karim is a member of the National Assembly and married to a daughter of Issaka Sidibé, President of the National Assembly.
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