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{{Short description|First President of Mali from 1960 to 1968}} {{For|the Malian politician born in 1942|Modibo Keita (born 1942)}} {{More citations needed|date=March 2012}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Modibo Keïta | nationality = | image = File:Keita, 1966 (cropped).jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Keïta in 1966 | order = 1st [[President of Mali]] | term_start = 20 June 1960 | term_end = 19 November 1968 | predecessor = ''Office established'' | successor = [[Moussa Traoré]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|1915|06|04|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Bamako|Bamako Coura]], [[Upper Senegal and Niger]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1977|05|16|1915|06|04|df=y}} | death_place = [[Bamako]], [[Mali]] | spouse = Polygamous with 3 wives {{plainlist| *{{marriage|[[Mariam Travélé]]|1939}} *{{marriage|Fatoumata "Didi" Haïdara|1952|1976|reason=died}} *Fatoumata Diallo later known as Keïta Fatoumata Diallo }} | party = [[Sudanese Union-African Democratic Rally]] | vicepresident = | office1 = President of [[Mali Federation]] | termstart1 = 17 January 1960 | termend1 = 20 August 1960 | predecessor1 = Office Established | successor1 = Office abolished | citizenship = France (1915–1960)<br />Mali (1960–1977) }} '''Modibo Keïta''' (4 June 1915 – 16 May 1977) was a Malian politician who served as the first [[President of Mali]] from 1960 to 1968. He espoused a form of [[African socialism]]. He was deposed in a [[1968 Malian coup d'état|coup d'état]] in 1968 by [[Moussa Traoré]]. Born and raised in [[Bamako]], Keïta began a career as a teacher in 1936 under [[French Sudan|French colonial rule]] before entering politics during the 1940s. In 1945, he co-founded the [[Sudanese Union]] (US) with [[Mamadou Konaté]] which became part of the [[African Democratic Rally]] (RDA) the following year to form the [[US-RDA]]. Being elected to several positions, his political prominence grew in the 1950s, and in 1959, he became Prime Minister of the [[Mali Federation]], a short-lived federation of [[Mali]] and [[Senegal]]. Following the federation's collapse in 1960, [[Mali]] became an independent state, and Keïta became the new country's inaugural [[President of Mali|president]]. As [[President of Mali|President]], Keïta soon established the [[Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally|US-RDA]] as the [[One-party state|only official party]], and began implementing socialist policies based on extensive nationalization. In foreign affairs, Keïta supported the [[Non-Aligned Movement]] and maintained strong relations with the West despite his socialist leanings. A leading Pan-Africanist, he played important roles in the drafting of the charter of the [[Organization of African Unity]] and the negotiation the 1963 Bamako Accords, which ended the [[Sand War]] between [[Morocco]] and [[Algeria]]. During the late 1960s, dissatisfaction with his regime grew due to progressive economic decline and his repressive responses to dissent. He was overthrown in the [[1968 Malian coup d'état]] by [[Moussa Traoré]], who succeeded him as president and sent him to prison, where he died in 1977.
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