Colonel Assimi Goïta (born 1983) is the president of Mali. A military officer and the leader of the , a military junta that seized power from former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta in the 2020 Malian coup d'état., Goïta later took power from Bah Ndaw after the 2021 Malian coup d'état, and has since been constitutionally declared president of Mali.