Tiébilé Dramé: Difference between revisions

'''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 iconlang|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]].

He ran in the [[2002 Malian presidential election|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|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 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"], Agence France-Presse, May 1, 2007 {{frin iconlang|fr}}.</ref>