Tiébilé Dramé: Difference between revisions

Dramé was born in [[Nioro du Sahel]].<ref name=Eight/> He studied at the [[Ecole Normale Supérieure of 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 Minister of Foreign Affairs in the transitional government from 1991 to 1992.

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

He ran in the [[2002 Malian presidential election, 2002|April 2002 presidential election]] and obtained 3.99% of the votes, taking fourth place.<ref>[http://www.essor.gov.ml/cgi-bin/view_article.pl?id=1652 "1er tour de l'élection présidentielle au Mali : Verdict de la Cour Constitutionnelle"]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''L'Essor'', May 9, 2002 {{frin iconlang|fr}}.</ref> On February 18, 2007, he was nominated as the 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 {{frin iconlang|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 icon}}.</ref>

The list on which Dramé was running in Nioro du Sahel in the [[2007 Malian parliamentary election, 2007|July 2007 parliamentary election]] (together with [[Alliance for Democracy in Mali|ADEMA]] and the [[Union for the Republic and Democracy]]) was rejected by the Constitutional Court, which said that he had multiple birth certificates.<ref>[http://apanews.net/article_eng.php3?id_article=34486 "Mali : court nullifies nominations for legislative election"]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}, African Press Agency, June 1, 2007.</ref>

Dramé acted as a [[United Nations]] envoy dealing with the [[2009 Malagasy protests|early 2009 political crisis in Madagascar]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090313005840/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iVzF-WhY0NtbS4d5tRN-jsoXD9-A "Madagascar opposition chief under UN protection"], AFPAgence France-Presse, 9 March 2009.</ref>

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

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