Modibo Keïta

For the 8th Prime Minister of Mali, see Modibo Keita (born 1942).

Keïta in 1961

Modibo Keïta (4 June 1915 – 16 May 1977) was the first President of Mali (1960–1968) and the Prime Minister of the Mali Federation. He espoused a form of African socialism.

Modibo Keïta Media

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  1960s commemorative wraps with Keïta's portrait

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  Modibo Keïta meeting with President Kennedy at the White House in 1961

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  The President Modibo Keita worked at the Maribor Automobile and Motorcycle Factory in 1961

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  Keita and Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser (right) in Addis Ababa for the Organisation of African Unity conference, November 1966

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