Traoré, Moussa, 1936-2020

found: His Visite d'Etat du président Moussa Traoré ... 1983:p. before t.p. (S.E. le général Moussa Traoré, secrétaire général de l'U.D.P.M., président de la République de Mali)

found: Wikipedia, March 7, 2017(Moussa Traoré (b. Sept. 25, 1936) is a Malian soldier and politician who was President of Mali from 1968 to 1991) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moussa_Traor%C3%A9

found: The New York Times, Moussa Traore, longtime president of Mali, is dead at 83, Sept. 22, 2020, viewed online September 25, 2020(Moussa Traore, who gained power in a military coup in 1968 and lost it in another coup in 1991, has died; death confirmed by his son Idrissa Traore, but not when or where or the cause; sentenced to death after [1991] coup, but his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment and then pardon in 2002 by Alpha Oumar Konare, president 1992-2002; born Sept. 5, 1936 in the western region of Kayes, then part of French Sudan; studied at a French military and served in the French army; was chairman of the Organization of African Unity as of 1988)

found: The Washington Post, Moussa Traoré, who ruled Mali for 2 years before being ousted in coupt, dies at 83, September 17, 2020, viewed September 25, 2020(Moussa Traoré, a Malian army officer; died Sept. 15 at his home in Bamako; he was a young lieutenant when he led a coup ousting Modibo Keïta, the nation's first president; he and other officers set up the Military Committee for National Liberation, abolished the constitution and established a regime; Mr. Traoré ruled the country as its military leader until 1979, when he installed himself as civilisan president of a one-party state; his time in power was marked by corruption allegations and suspicious deaths, including that of Modibo Keïta while in detention; but he acquired a reputation for diplomatic skills while chairman of the Organization of African Unition, working to mediate conflicts including the Mauritania-Senegal border war and first Liberian civil war)