Council of Ministers of Mali

The Council of Ministers of Mali consists of members appointed by the president with the advice of the prime minister.^[1]

The Council of Ministers is chaired by the prime minister and is tasked with managing government operations.

Members of the Council of Ministers

OFFICE	NAME	TERM
Prime Minister	Diango Cissoko	2012–incumbent
Minister of Agriculture	Baba Berthe	2012–incumbent
Minister of Education, literacy, promotion of national languages and civics	Bocar Moussa Diarra	2012–incumbent
Minister of Posts and New Technologies	Bréhima Tolo	2012–incumbent
Minister of Culture	Bruno Maiga	2012–incumbent
Minister of Defense and Veterans Affairs*	General Yamoussa Camara	2012–incumbent
Minister of the Economy, Finance and Budget	Tienan Coulibaly	2012–incumbent
Minister of Trade and Industry	Abdel Karim Konate	2012–incumbent
Minister of Employment and Vocational Training	Dr.Diallo Déidia Mahamane Kattra	2012–incumbent
Minister of Energy and Water	Makan Tounkara	2012–incumbent
Minister of Handicrafts and Tourism	Yaya Ag Mohamed Ali	2012–incumbent
Minister of Environment and Sanitation	Ousmane Ag Rhissa	2012–incumbent
Minister of Equipment and Transport*	Lt. Col. Abdoulaye Koumaré	2012–incumbent
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation	Tiéman Hubert Coulibaly	2012–incumbent
Minister of Internal Security and Civil Protection*	GeneralTiefing Konaté	2012–incumbent
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Solidarity and the Elderly	Dr.Mamadou Sidibe	2012–incumbent
Minister of Health	Ousmane Kone	2013–incumbent
Minister of Housing, Planning and Land Affairs	David Sagara	2012–incumbent
Minister of Internal Security and Civil Protection	Sadio Gassama	2007–incumbent
Minister of Justice, Keeper of the Seals	Malick Coulibaly	2012–incumbent
Minister of Labor, Civil Service, and State Reforms	Abdoul Wahab Berthe	2007–incumbent
Minister of Livestock and Fisheries	Ms.Mariam Diane Kone	2012–incumbent
Minister of Malians Abroad and African Integration	Demba Traoré	2012–incumbent
Minister of Mines	Dr.Amadou Baba Sy	2012–incumbent
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research	Messa Ould Mohamed Lady	2012–incumbent
Minister of Social Development, Solidarity, and the Elderly	Sekou Diakite	2012–incumbent
Minister of Religious Affairs and Worship	Dr.Yacouba Traore	2012–incumbent
Minister of Territorial Administration, Decentralization and Regional Planning*	Col. Moussa Coulibaly Sinko	2012–incumbent
Minister of family, promotion of women and children	Alwata Ichata Sahi	2012–incumbent
Minister of Youth and Sports	Hamèye Founé Mahmadane	2012–incumbent
Minister of Labour, Public Service and Institutional Relations	Mamadou Traore Namory	2012–incumbent
Communications Minister, government spokesman	Manga Dembele	2012–incumbent
Minister Delegate to the Minister of Economy, Finance and Budget, for the Budget	Marimpa Samoura	2012–incumbent
decentralization and planning	Abdourahmane Oumar Touré	2012–incumbent

Cabinet list updated February 2013.^[2]

The starred positions were involved in the 2012 Malian coup d'état in April 2012. Furthermore, according to the Associated Press in the government announced in December 2012, "three key ministers...will keep their jobs, while all of Mali's political groups will be represented...[and] Camara was close to coup figures, whose preferred candidates retained three other posts including homeland security and justice."^[3]

References

1. The Book of Rule. Dorling Kindersley. 2004. p. 181.
2. https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.maliweb.net%2Fnews%2Fpolitique%2F2012%2F12%2F15%2Farticle%2C112085.html&act=url
3. https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gVsM4t2yQV3-0dfDAKn_YgiRcJuA?docId=CNG.523dbeea9e619eecf426809221d998af.8e1