Editing Modibo Keïta (section)

==Political life==

In October 1946, the [[African Democratic Rally]] (RDA)  was created at a conference in Bamako of delegates from across French Africa. While the coalition was led by [[Félix Houphouët-Boigny]], Keïta assumed the post of RDA Secretary-General in [[French Sudan]], and head of the Soudanese affiliate: the [[US-RDA]]. In 1948, he was elected general councilor of French Sudan. In 1956, he was elected mayor of Bamako and became a member of the [[National Assembly of France]]. He twice served as secretary of state in the governments of [[Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury]] and [[Félix Gaillard]]. Modibo Keïta became the premier of [[Mali Federation]] in 1959.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/158851|jstor = 158851|title = Political Integration in Africa: The Mali Federation|last1 = Kurtz|first1 = Donn M.|journal = The Journal of Modern African Studies|year = 1970|volume = 8|issue = 3|pages = 405–424|doi = 10.1017/S0022278X00019923| s2cid=154671339 |url-access = subscription}}</ref> He was elected constituent assembly president of the [[Mali Federation]] on 20 July 1960, which consisted of French Sudan and Senegal. Senegal would later leave the federation.he was exceptional president .