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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 234,062 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Modibo Keïta is the 4,758th most popular politician (down from 4,211th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Mali (down from 3rd in 2019) and the 5th 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 4,758 out of 15,577Before him are Elijah Muhammad, Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Hans Modrow, Iziaslav II of Kiev, Al-Mustansir, and Shote Galica. After him are László Sólyom, Tzipi Livni, Michael Shishman of Bulgaria, Guy Parmelin, Feng Yuxiang, and Prince Charles of Prussia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Modibo Keïta ranks 52Before him are Alan Watts, Kaoru Ishikawa, Terence Young, Laurent Schwartz, Peter Medawar, and Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este. After him are Mario Monicelli, W. Arthur Lewis, Rashid Behbudov, Konstantin Simonov, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., and László Csatáry. Among people deceased in 1977, Modibo Keïta ranks 44Before him are Olave Baden-Powell, Stefania Turkewich, Steve Biko, Stephen Boyd, Abdel Halim Hafez, and John Dickson Carr. After him are Oskar Morgenstern, Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma, Sepp Herberger, Paul Desmond, Leopold Stokowski, and Princess Margaretha of Sweden.

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In Mali

Among people born in Mali, Modibo Keïta ranks 5 out of 62Before him are Musa I of Mali (1280), Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (1945), Sundiata Keita (1190), and Moussa Traoré (1936). After him are Jean Tigana (1955), Salif Keita (1949), Amadou Toumani Touré (1948), Alpha Oumar Konaré (1946), Askia Mohammad I (1443), Ali Farka Touré (1939), and Dioncounda Traoré (1942).

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Among POLITICIANS In Mali

Among politicians born in Mali, Modibo Keïta ranks 5Before him are Musa I of Mali (1280), Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (1945), Sundiata Keita (1190), and Moussa Traoré (1936). After him are Amadou Toumani Touré (1948), Alpha Oumar Konaré (1946), Askia Mohammad I (1443), Dioncounda Traoré (1942), Bah Ndaw (1950), Sonni Ali (1464), and Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé (1948).