Modibo Keïta, Malian educator and politician, 1st President of Mali (died 1977)

Modibo Keïta

First President of Mali from 1960 to 1968

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.

List of heads of state of Mali

This is a list of heads of state of Mali since the country gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day.