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Line 1: {{short description\|Malian politician}} '''Tiébilé Dramé''' (born June 9, 1955<ref name=Eight>[http://www.essor.gov.ml/jour/cgi-bin/view_article.pl?id=15135 "Présidentielle 2007: les 8 candidats"] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927012059/http://www.essor.gov.ml/jour/cgi-bin/view_article.pl?id=15135 \|date=2007-09-27 }}, ''L'Essor'', April 3, 2007 {{fr icon}}.</ref>) is a [[Mali]]an [[politics\|politician]] who served in the [[government of Mali]] as [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Mali)\|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] from 1991 to 1992. In the years since he has remained active on the political scene, while also acting as a [[diplomat]] and [[Mediation\|mediator]] in [[Africa\|regional crises]].▼ {{infobox Officeholder \| image = Tiebile Drame 25 April 2018.jpg \| office = [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Mali)\|Foreign Minister of Mali]] \| primeminister = [[Boubou Cissé]] \| term_start = 23 April 2019 \| term_end = 18 August 2020 \| predecessor = [[Kamissa Camara]] \| successor = [[Zeyni Moulaye]] \| birth_date = {{birth date\|1955\|6\|9\|df=y}} \| birth_place = [[Nioro du Sahel\|Nioro-du-Sahel]], [[French Sudan]] (now [[Mali]]) \| party = [[Party for National Rebirth]]}} ▲'''Tiébilé Dramé''' (born June 9, 1955<ref name=Eight>[http://www.essor.gov.ml/jour/cgi-bin/view_article.pl?id=15135 "Présidentielle 2007: les 8 candidats"] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927012059/http://www.essor.gov.ml/jour/cgi-bin/view_article.pl?id=15135 \|date=2007-09-27 }}, ''L'Essor'', April 3, 2007 {{frin ~~icon~~lang\|fr}}.</ref>) is a [[Mali]]an [[politics\|politician]] who served in the [[government of Mali]] as [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Mali)\|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] from 1991 to 1992. In the years since, he has remained active on the political scene, while also acting as a [[diplomat]] and [[Mediation\|mediator]] in [[Africa\|regional crises]]. Since May 6, 2019 again served as the [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Mali)\|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] until the [[2020 Malian coup d'état]]. ==Life and career== 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: ''Diplôme 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. Line 9 ⟶ 22: He was elected to the [[National Assembly of Mali\|National Assembly]] as a Deputy 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 ~~icon~~lang\|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"], Agence France-Presse, May 12, 2007 {{frin ~~icon~~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"], Agence France-Presse, May 1, 2007 {{frin ~~icon~~lang\|fr}}.</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"], Agence France-Presse, 9 March 2009.</ref> Also a journalist, Dramé founded the weekly newspaper ''Le républicain'' ("The Republican") in 1992. Since May 6, 2019, Tiébilé Dramé serves as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government of Mali, within the frame of the political agreement signed by the majority and the opposition. ==References== Line 22 ⟶ 37: == Notes == * This article is based on a translation of the [[:fr:Tiébilé Dramé\|corresponding article]] from the French Wikipedia, accessed on 28 April 2005 {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Drame, Tiebile}} Line 30 ⟶ 46: [[Category:Prisoners and detainees of Mali]] [[Category:People from Kayes Region]] [[Category:Foreign ~~Ministers~~ministers of Mali]] [[Category:21st-century Malian people]]