Tiébilé Dramé: Difference between revisions

Dramé was born in [[Nioro du Sahel]].<ref name=Eight/> He studied at the ''[[Ecole normaleNormale supérieure''Supérieure inof [[Bamako]], before obtaining his Advanced studies diploma (French: ''DipômeDiplôme d'études avancées'', DEA, an advanced pre-doctoral degree) in [[African history]] from the [[University of Paris]] (I). His political activity began during his studies.

From [[1977]] to [[1980]], he was one of leaders of the Malian National Students' Union (''Union Nationale des Elèves et Etudiants du Mali'', ''UNEEM''), which opposed [[Moussa Traoré]]'s regime in Mali. Dramé was imprisoned on several occasions for his opposition to the regime. He then went into exile in Europe, where he worked for [[Amnesty International]] from [[1988]] to [[1991]]. He conducted surveys on the [[human rights]] situation in West Africa. A militant for the Malian ''[[National Congress for Democratic Initiative]]'' (''Congrès national d’initiative démocratique'', [[CNID]]), Dramé returned to Mali when [[Amadou Toumani Touré]] toppled Traoré's regime in 1991. He was ministerMinister of foreignForeign affairsAffairs in the transitional government from [[1991]] to [[1992]].

In [[1995]], he was a consultant for the [[United Nations]] to prepare a human rights survey operation in [[Burundi]]. That same year, in disagreement with [[Mountaga Tall]], founder of the CNID, he left the party with other militants to found the [[Party for National RenewalRebirth|Party for National Renaissance]] (''Parti pour la renaissance nationale'', [[PARENA]]), of which he was elected secretary generalSecretary-General. In [[1996]], he was appointed "as Minister of aridArid and semiSemi-aridArid zones"Zones in [[Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta]]'s government.

He was elected asto the representative[[National forAssembly of Mali|National Assembly]] as a Deputy from [[Nioro du Sahel]] in [[1997]]. In November [[1999]], he became presidentPresident of PARENA. In [[2001]], he was elected presidentas President of the [[West African Economic and Monetary Union]] (''UEMOA'').

He ran in the presidential[[2002 electionMalian in Malipresidential in [[election|April 2002 presidential election]] and obtained about 43.99% of the votes, taking fourth place.<ref>[http://africanelectionswww.tripodessor.gov.com/ml/cgi-bin/view_article.htmlpl?id=1652 Elections"1er intour de l'élection présidentielle au Mali : Verdict de la Cour Constitutionnelle"]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, African''L'Essor'', ElectionsMay Database9, 2002 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> On [[February 18]], [[2007]], he was nominated as the presidential candidate of PARENA for the [[2007 Malian presidential election, 2007|April 2007 presidential election]].<ref>[http://apanews.net/article_eng.php3?id_article=21487 "Former Malian student leader poised to contest April presidential elections"]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}, African Press Agency, February 19, 2007.</ref> According to official results, Touré won the election by a landslide, while Dramé took third place and 3.04% of the vote.<ref>[http://www.jeuneafrique.com/fluxafp/fil_info.asp?art_cle=36776 "Présidentielle au Mali: la Cour constitutionnelle valide la réélection de Touré"], AFPAgence (Jeuneafrique.com)France-Presse, May 12, 2007 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> As part of the [[Front for Democracy and the Republic]], a coalition that also included three other presidential candidates, Dramé disputed the results and sought for the election to be annulled, alleging fraud.<ref>[http://www.jeuneafrique.com/fluxafp/fil_info.asp?art_cle=36597 "Mali: l'opposition conteste la présidentielle sans attendre les résultats"], AFPAgence (Jeuneafrique.com)France-Presse, May 1, 2007 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>

Also a [[journalist]], Dramé founded the weekly newspaper "The Republican" (''Le républicain'' ("The Republican") in [[1992]].

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