Malian transitional president Assimi Goita (R) meets with Choguel Kokalla Maiga after Goita's swearing in ceremony in Bamako, Mali, on June 7, 2021. The president of the Strategic Committee of the Movement of June 5-Rally of Patriotic Forces (M5-RFP), Choguel Kokalla Maiga, was appointed Monday Mali's transitional prime minister by Malian transitional president Assimi Goita, the Malian presidency announced in a press release read on national television. (Photo by Habib Kouyate/Xinhua)
BAMAKO, June 7 (Xinhua) -- The president of the Strategic Committee of the Movement of June 5-Rally of Patriotic Forces (M5-RFP), Choguel Kokalla Maiga, was appointed Monday Mali's transitional prime minister by Malian transitional president Assimi Goita, the Malian presidency announced in a press release read on national television.
Maiga succeeds Moctar Ouane, arrested by the military on May 24 after the publication of the list of his second government.
Maiga takes up the post of prime minister at a time the West African country is in a crisis in all sectors. What is most urgent for him will be to make lifted all sub-regional and international sanctions that risk permanently asphyxiating the country.
Malian transitional president Assimi Goita said the new government would quickly engage in dialogue with stakeholders in order to calm the social climate.
Born on April 2, 1958 in Tabango, Gao region, Choguel Kokalla Maiga is a telecommunications engineer by profession who took his first steps into politics within the National Union of Young People of Mali (UNJM), an association founded by former President Moussa Traore, overthrown on March 26, 1991, by the military.
He is expected to form an inclusive government to face the challenges of the political transition in Mali, including the organization of elections as scheduled in the Transition Charter. Enditem
