5 CHOSES A SAVOIR SUR FEU LE GENERAL MOUSSA TRAORE - MALI SADIO 34

SUBSCRIBE AND RING THE BELL TO NEVER MISS OUR NEXT VIDEOS! ___________________________________ For your complaints, suggestions, or proposals, you can contact us at the following address: [email protected] _______________________________________________________ The late Moussa Traore, commonly known as GMT by his close friends, died on September 15 in Bamako at the age of 83, after ruling Mali for more than 22 years, following a coup d'état in 1968 that overthrew President Modibo Keita, who had been in power since independence in 1960. Moussa Traore, then a lieutenant before becoming a general, became President of the Republic a year later and exercised virtually unchallenged power for more than 22 years. His body was placed near the presidential gallery, in the presence of Colonel Assimi Goïta, head of the National Committee of Public Safety (CNSP). Present during the ceremony were former President Amadou Toumani Touré, who overthrew President Moussa Traoré in 1991, the 2012 transitional leader Dioncounda Traoré, and former Prime Minister Cheik Modibo Diarra, also the deceased's son-in-law. Russian diplomats also attended the funeral. Born on September 25, 1936, in Sébétou in the Kayes region, to a Malinké family, Moussa Traoré is the son of a former French army soldier. He enlisted in 1954. He studied at the Kati School for Children of the Troops (which would become the Kati Military Academy) and then joined the Fréjus Officers' Academy in France in 1960. He graduated top of his class. Upon his return to his country, Moussa Traoré was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1961, then lieutenant in 1963. He went to Tanganyika (present-day Tanzania) as an instructor for liberation movement fighters. He was then appointed an instructor at the Kati Combined Arms Military Academy. On November 19, 1968, Moussa Traoré participated in the coup d'état that overthrew socialist President Modibo Keïta. He became president of the National Military Liberation Committee (CMLN), then President of the Republic on September 19, 1969. #MaliSadio