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President

General Amadou Toumani Toure

He has held the office before - from 26 March 1991 until 8 June 1992.

He landed there after staging a coup to topple General Moussa Traore, just after troops in the capital, Bamako, had opened fire on demonstrating youths, killing some 300. That coup ended 23 years of heavy-handed military rule and General ATT says it was the only thing he could do to "prevent more unimaginable bloodshed".

After leading the country through a transition year and into multi-party elections, Mr Toure handed over power to newly elected President Alpha Oumar Konare.

His curriculum vitae is impressive: Laudable accomplishments in African peace-keeping and humanitarian work with Jimmy Carter, his many awards from all over Africa, and his elite military training in the former Soviet Union and also in France. But few people pretend to know much about the man behind the hero image, the myth and the genial smile. He was re-elected in 2007.

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Ministers

Prime minister: Ousmane Issoufi Maiga
Foreign minister: Moctar Ouane
Finance minister: Abou-Bakar Traore

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Parliament

The Assemblée Nationale (National Assembly) has 160 members, elected for a five year term, 147 members elected in single-seat constituencies and 13 members elected by the Malinese abroad.

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Political Parties

- Rally for Mali
- National Congress for Democratic Initiative
- Patriotic Movement for Renewal (Mouvement Patriotique pour le Renouveau)
- Rally for Labour Democracy (Rassemblement pour la Démocratie du Travail)
- Alliance for Democracy in Mali
- Convergence for Alternance and Change
- Party for National Renewal
- Sudanese Union-African Democratic Rally
- African Solidarity for Democracy and Independence

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