Modibo Keïta
✓ Source-basedstableMalian politician and President of Mali (1915-1977)
PoliticiansLived 1915 to 1977 · aged 61
Fame55.9
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Languages31
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Modibo Keïta was a Malian politician who served as the first President of Mali from 1960 to 1968. He espoused a form of African socialism. He was deposed in a coup d'état in 1968 by Moussa Traoré.
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1960s commemorative wraps with Keïta's portrait
Modibo Keïta meeting with President Kennedy at the White House in 1961
The President Modibo Keita visited the Maribor Automobile and Motorcycle Factory in 1961
Keïta in 1961.
Keita and Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser (right) in Addis Ababa for the Organisation of African Unity conference, November 1966Awards 4
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Dawda Kairaba JawaraAlso won Grand Cross of the National Order of Mali
Ahmed Sékou TouréAlso won Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo
Tôn Đức ThắngAlso won Lenin Peace Prize
Sam NujomaAlso won Lenin Peace Prize
Moussa TraoréAlso won Grand Cross of the National Order of Mali
Ibrahim Boubacar KeïtaAlso won Grand Cross of the National Order of MaliAbout this person
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1915 to 1977 · aged 61
Written about in
31 languages
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