page_title: Soumana Makadji
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caption_attribution_description: English: H.E Mr. Soumana Makadji, Minister of Health, Mali, during the MHealth for NCD Side event at the World Health Assembly.
context_page_description: Soumana Makadji was Minister of Health and Public Hygiene in the Council of Ministers of Mali from 17 April 2012 to September 2013, replacing Oumar Ibrahim Touré. After obtaining his baccalauréat in 1973 at the Technical High School of Bamako, he studied in University of Franche-Comté and obtained a diploma in Accountancy.
context_section_description: Soumana Makadji (born 1954 in Banamba, Mali) was Minister of Health and Public Hygiene in the Council of Ministers of Mali from 17 April 2012 to September 2013, replacing Oumar Ibrahim Touré. After obtaining his baccalauréat in 1973 at the Technical High School of Bamako, he studied in University of Franche-Comté (Besançon campus) and obtained a diploma in Accountancy.
caption: Soumana Makadji in 2013
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