Government & politics — Mali

• history: several previous; latest drafted 13 October 2022 and submitted to Transition President Assimi GOITA; final draft completed 1 March 2023; referendum held on 18 June 2023 and approved; referendum results validated by Constitutional Court on 22 July 2023; note - the new constitution includes provisions for the extension of presidential
• and military powers and the creation of a "senate" amendments: procedure for amending the 2023 constitution NA

• chief of state: Transition
• President Assimi GOITA (since 7 June 2021) head of government: Transition Pr
• ime Minister Abdoulaye MAIGA (since 22 November 2024) cabinet: Council of Ministers
• appointed by the prime minister election/appointment process: president directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); prime
• minister appointed by the president most recent election date: 29 July 2018,
• with runoff on 12 August 2018 election results: 2018: Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA reelected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA (RPM) 41.7%, Soumaila CISSE (URD) 17.8%, other 40.5%; percent of vote in second round - Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA 67.2%, Soumaila CISSE 32.8% 2013: Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA (RPM) 39.8%, Soumaila CISSE (URD) 19.7%, other 40.5%; percent of vote in second round - Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA (RPM) 77.6%, Soumaila CISSE (URD) 22.4%
• note: in 2022, the transition government adopted a charter allowing transition authorities to rule for up to 5 years, but the military junta pushed through a referendum in 2023 that created the potential for transition President GOITA to maintain his hold on power indefinitely

Description

unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (147 seats; members directly elected in single and multi-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed; 13 seats reserved for citizens living abroad; members serve 5-year terms) note 1 - the National Assembly was dissolved on 18 August 2020 following a military coup and the resignation of President KEITA; the transition government created a National Transition Council (CNT) whose 121 members were selected by then-transition vice president Assimi GOITA; the CNT acts as the transition government's legislative body with Malick DIAW serving as the president; in February 2022, the CNT increased the number of seats to 147, but some of the additional seats have not yet been filled note 2 - passage of a constitutional referendum held on 18 June 2023 calls for the creation of a "senate"

Elections

last held on 30 March and 19 April 2020;

Note

following the dissolution of the National Assembly in August 2020 and the ratification of a new constitutional in July 2023 expanding the powers of the military junta, no plans for legislative elections have been announced

Election Results

• percent of vote by party - NA
• seats by party - NA

Composition

NA

• highest court(s): Supreme Court or Cour Supreme (consists of 19 judges organized into judicial, administrative, and accounting sections); Constitutional Co
• urt (consists of 9 judges) judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court judges appointed by the Ministry of Justice to serve 5-year terms; Constitutional Court judges selected - 3 each by the president, the National Assembly, and the Supreme Council of the Magistracy; m
• embers serve single renewable 7-year terms subordinate courts: Court of Appeal; High Court of Justice (jurisdiction limited to cases of high treason or criminal offenses by the president or ministers while in office); administrative courts (first instance and appeal); commercial courts; magistrate courts; labor courts; juvenile courts; special court of state security

10 regions (regions, singular - region), 1 district*; District de Bamako*, Gao, Kayes, Kidal, Koulikoro, Menaka, Mopti, Segou, Sikasso, Taoudenni, Tombouctou (Timbuktu); note - Menaka and Taoudenni were legislated in 2016, but implementation has not been confirmed by the US Board on Geographic Names

• African Solidarity for Democracy and Independence or SADI [Oumar MARIKO]
• Alliance for Democracy and Progress or ADP-Maliba [Amadou THIAM]
• Alliance for Democracy in Mali-Pan-African Party for Liberty, Solidarity, and Justice or ADEMA-PASJ [Tiemoko SANGARE]
• Alliance for the Solidarity of Mali-Convergence of Patriotic Forces or ASMA-CFP [Amadou CISSE, vice-president, acting]
• Convergence for the Development of Mali or CODEM [Housseyni Amion GUINDO]
• Democratic Alliance for Peace or ADP-Maliba [Aliou Boubacar DIALLO]
• Movement for Mali or MPM [Brahima DIANESSY, deputy]
• Party for National Renewal (also Rebirth or Renaissance or PARENA) [Tiebile DRAME]
• Rally for Mali or RPM [Boucary TRETA]
• Social Democratic Convention or CDS [Mamadou Bakary "Blaise" SANGARE]
• Union for Democracy and Development or UDD [Hassane BARRY]
• Union for Republic and Democracy or URD [Soumaïla CISSE]
• Yéléma [Moussa MARA] note 1: only parties with 2 or more seats in the last National Assembly parliamentary elections (30 March and 19 April 2020) listed note 2: the National Assembly was dissolved on 18 August 2020 following a military coup and replaced with a National Transition Council
• currently 121 members, party affiliations unknown

• no citizenship by descent only: at least one
• yes residency requirement for naturalization: 5 years

ACP, AfDB, AU (suspended), CD, EITI (compliant country), FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSCA, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNDP, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNOPS, UN Women, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, World Bank Group, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

chief of mission

Ambassador Rachna KORHONEN (since 16 March 2023) embassy: ACI 2000, Rue 243, (located off the Roi Bin Fahad Aziz Bridge west of the Bamako central district), Porte 297, Bamako mailing address: 2050 Bamako Place, Washington DC 20521-2050

telephone

[223] 20-70-23-00

FAX

[223] 20-70-24-79

Email address and website

• ACSBamako@state.gov
• https://ml.usembassy.gov/

chief of mission

Ambassador Sékou BERTHE (since 16 September 2022)

chancery

2130 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone

[1] (202) 332-2249

FAX

[1] (202) 332-6603

Email address and website

• administration@maliembassy.us
• https://www.maliembassy.us/