Bah Ndaw

Malian military officer and politician

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Bah Ndaw was a Malian military officer and politician who served as the interim president of Mali from September 25, 2020, to May 24, 2021. He was appointed following a military coup that overthrew President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta. Ndaw's administration was tasked with overseeing a transition back to civilian rule, with elections planned for February 2022. However, his tenure was marked by political instability, and he was eventually detained and removed from power in a subsequent coup led by Colonel Assimi Goïta. Goïta then assumed the presidency.1

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2020 and 2021 coups and transitional administration
Bah N’Daw, a retired colonel and former defense minister, was named interim president, and Col. Assimi Goïta, the chairman of the CNSP, was named interim vice president. Because of his role in the coup, and because of the call for a civilian-led transitional administration, Goïta’s…
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Bah N’Daw, a retired colonel and former defense minister, was named interim president, and Col. Assimi Goïta, the chairman of the CNSP, was named interim vice president. Because of his role in the coup, and because of the call for a civilian-led transitional administration, Goïta’s…
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