ousmane issoufi maÃ¯ga (born 1946)francis kpatindÃ©, "ousmane issoufi maÃ¯ga", jeuneafrique.com, may 9, 2004 . was the prime minister of mali from 2004 to 2007. issoufi had previously held several ministerial posts in previous governments. issoufi was born near gao, in the north of mali. he studied economics at the university of kiev (ukraine - at the time part of the ussr) and then at the american university in washington, dc, where he graduated with a degree in banking and finance. he has worked for the world bank and in the french ministry of finance, where he was assistant director of the caisse autonome dâamortissement (autonomous debt financing fund)."ousmane issoufi maÃ¯ga nommÃ© premier ministre : style direct, expÃ©rience Ã©prouvÃ©e", l'essor, nÂ°15196, april 30, 2002 . following the ouster of moussa traorÃ© in march 1991, maÃ¯ga became minister in charge of the state contrÃ´le gÃ©nÃ©ral in the transitional government. he later became secretary-general of the ministry of finance before being appointed minister of youth and sports on june 23, 2001. in this position, he organised mali's hosting of the african nations cup in 2002. after the election of amadou toumani tourÃ© as president, issoufi became minister of the economy and finance on june 14, 2002, serving under prime minister ahmed mohamed ag hamani."le nouveau gouvernement du mali formÃ© le 14 juin 2002", afrique express, nÂ° 251, june 18, 2002 . subsequently, in the government named on october 16, 2002, he became minister of equipment and transport."le gouvernement du mali, formÃ© le 16 octobre 2002", afrique express, nÂ°258, november 4, 2002."le nouveau gouvernement du mali", l'essor, october 17, 2002 . he remained minister of equipment and transport until he was named prime minister on april 29, 2004."mali gets new pm to shake up cabinet", reuters (iol), april 30, 2004. after tourÃ© was sworn in for a second term as president, maÃ¯ga presented his resignation on june 9, 2007, but tourÃ© asked the government to remain in place. following the july 2007 parliamentary election, he again presented his government's resignation, which tourÃ© accepted, on september 27, 2007. tourÃ© thanked him for his wo
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