Colonel Amadou Toumani Toure supervised Mali’s multiparty elections as chairman of the transitional government in 1991 and was the second democratically elected President of Mali 2002-2012. Amadou Toumani Touré was the head of President Moussa Traore security guard until a popular revolution overthrew the regime in March 1991. He arrested the president, led the revolution and oversaw the military to civilian transition that brought about a new constitution and multiparty elections. He then hande... moreColonel Amadou Toumani Toure supervised Mali’s multiparty elections as chairman of the transitional government in 1991 and was the second democratically elected President of Mali 2002-2012. Amadou Toumani Touré was the head of President Moussa Traore security guard until a popular revolution overthrew the regime in March 1991. He arrested the president, led the revolution and oversaw the military to civilian transition that brought about a new constitution and multiparty elections. He then handed over power to Mali’s first democratically elected president Alpha Oumar Konare, on 6th June 1992, who later promoted Toure to the rank of a General. After retirement from the army, Toure joined politics as a civilian and won the presidential election in 2002 with broad support from the masses. Without stress, he was re-elected in 2007 for a second term, and a failed coup d’état was carried out that forced him to go into hiding on the 22nd March 2012. Because of this, Toure resigned as president on 8th April, 2012 and went into exile eleven days later. Amadou Toumani Toure died on the 9th November 2020 in Istanbul, Turkey, a week after his 72 birthday.
