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Modibo Keïta

1915 - 1977

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Modibo Keïta has received more than 255,609 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Modibo Keïta is the 4,775th most popular politician (down from 4,747th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Mali and the 4th most popular Malian Politician.

Modibo Keïta was the first president of Mali. He was born in 1933 and died in 1977. He is most famous for being the first president of Mali.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Modibo Keïta ranks 4,775 out of 19,576. Before him are Chen Shui-bian, Missak Manouchian, Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado, Theobald II, Count of Champagne, Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois, and Joseph Chamberlain. After him are Pir Muhammad, Petar Stambolić, Redbad, King of the Frisians, Amadeus II, Count of Savoy, Princess Anna of Prussia, and Wei Zifu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Modibo Keïta ranks 47. Before him are Mario Del Monaco, Robert A. Dahl, Laurent Schwartz, Rashid Behbudov, Denis Thatcher, and Mario Monicelli. After him are Takahito, Prince Mikasa, Terence Young, Kaoru Ishikawa, Marie-Louise von Franz, Peter Medawar, and Helmut Schön. Among people deceased in 1977, Modibo Keïta ranks 44. Before him are Francis Gary Powers, Gangubai Kothewali, Alia Al-Hussein, Olave Baden-Powell, Oskar Morgenstern, and Naum Gabo. After him are Kamal Jumblatt, Lee Miller, Sepp Herberger, Stephen Boyd, Jan Patočka, and Leopold Stokowski.

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In Mali

Among people born in Mali, Modibo Keïta ranks 5 out of 72. Before him are Musa I of Mali (1280), Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (1945), Jean Tigana (1955), and Amadou Toumani Touré (1948). After him are Moussa Traoré (1936), Salif Keita (1949), Salif Keïta (1946), Alpha Oumar Konaré (1946), Bah Ndaw (1950), Askia Mohammad I (1443), and Ali Farka Touré (1939).

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Among POLITICIANS In Mali

Among politicians born in Mali, Modibo Keïta ranks 4. Before him are Musa I of Mali (1280), Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (1945), and Amadou Toumani Touré (1948). After him are Moussa Traoré (1936), Alpha Oumar Konaré (1946), Bah Ndaw (1950), Askia Mohammad I (1443), Sonni Ali (1464), Dioncounda Traoré (1942), Modibo Keita (1942), and Moctar Ouane (1955).

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