During his presidency, the foundation was managed by First Lady Toure Lobbo Traore. He started his profession as a trainer, however joined the military in 1969, and later obtained army coaching in France and the Soviet Union. 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. 2 défunts généraux, 2 anciens présidents et 2 grands hommes de l'histoire du Mali. Amadou Toumani Touré was born on 4 November 1948, in Mopti, where he attended primary school. He died early Tuesday in Turkey where he was undergoing treatment. He arrived in Turkish commercial capital, Istanbul, a few days ago. as the ‘soldier of democracy,’ the army official who passed the baton to the first democratically elected president of Mali,” Mr. Samassékou said. “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. [7] He died in Istanbul, Turkey, on 9 November 2020,[31] a week after his 72nd birthday. He arrived in Turkish commercial capital, Istanbul, a few days ago. Konaré promoted Touré to the rank of General. He was praised for his diplomatic skills and for favoring consensus over confrontation. Capt. 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. But he yielded authority to elected politicians after a little more than a year. He was 72. Dessin animé de Issouf BAH, réalisé sur "Paint" et "Windows Movie Maker". [12], Touré announced on 27 March 2007, that he would run for a second term in the April 2007 presidential election. 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. 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. L'ancien président malien Amadou Toumani Touré dit ATT n'est plus. [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. Alongside efforts by former President Jimmy Carter, he fought to control the parasitic Guinea worm. [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. 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. “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.”. Neighboring countries and France, the former colonial power, grew frustrated at his management of the threats posed by insurgent groups. special envoy for Secretary General Kofi Annan. BAMAKO, Mali - Mali’s former president Amadou Toumani Toure has died at the age of 72. 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 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. Eventually, he joined the army and attended the Kati Inter-Military College. 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. Still, the country remains roiled by violence. Dormez en paix ! Chronic instability has plagued the country. Amadou Toumani Touré was born on Nov. 4, 1948, in Mopti, in central Mali, and grew up in Timbuktu, within the north. The current president, Amadou Toumani Toure, was a former paratrooper who seized power in a 1991 coup. “In the end, he was overthrown by a weak army.”. 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. 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. Mr. Touré, who led Mali through a tumultuous transition from military rule in 1991, was the country’s second democratically chosen president. 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. 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. 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. Foiling a coup attempt, he steered the country to its first democratic presidential election since it had won independence in 1960. Mr. Touré’s chief of staff, Seydou Cissouma, confirmed the death, at a hospital, but provided no details. 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The 2012 Malian crisis has placed Amadou Toumani Touré’s regime in the dock of history. 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. 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. Outside the presidential palace in Bamako, the capital, after a military coup in 2012 ousted Mr. Touré. 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%. “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? 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. [9] Touré was sworn in on 8 June 2002. [18], Early in 2012, elements of the Malian military protested the Touré government's handling of the 2012 insurgency in northern Mali. 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. 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. His survivors include his wife, Touré Lobbo Traoré, and three daughters. Amadou Toumani Touré (4 November 1948 – 9 November 2020) was a Malian politician. [21], On 3 April, the junta announced that it was considering charges of treason and financial misconduct against Touré. He was also credited with improving access to housing and creating the country’s first nationwide medical insurance. He won praise for keeping his promise and swiftly handing over power to Alpha Oumar Konaré, who won the 1992 presidential election. “A.T.T. Former Malian President Amadou Toumani Touré has died aged 72. [29], Touré was a member of the Earth Charter International Commission. On 22 March 2012, shortly before his scheduled departure from office, disgruntled soldiers initiated a coup d'état that forced him into hiding. Mutinous soldiers deposed him in March 2012, opening an era of instability that continues to this day. He “passed the baton” from military to democratic rule, an analyst said. [7], In September 2001, he requested and was granted retirement from the military, entering politics as a candidate in the 2002 presidential election. Between 1966 and 1969, he attended Badalabougou Standard Secondary School in Bamako in order to become a teacher. 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. Amadou Toumani Touré was born on Nov. 4, 1948, in Mopti, in central Mali, and grew up in Timbuktu, in the north. [28], In 1993, Touré founded Fondation pour l'enfance, a children's health foundation. Later that year, he resigned from the Malian military to run for president. “What he was loved for,” one analyst said, “was also what he was hated for: forging consensus.”. [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. 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. They had three daughters. After the results of the elections became known, Touré handed over power to the newly elected president, Alpha Oumar Konaré. 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. Amadou Toumani Touré (4 November 1948 – 9 November 2020) was a Malian politician.