conventional long
form: Republic of Mali conventional short form: Mali local long form: Republique de Mali local short form: Mali former: French Sudan and Sudanese Republic
based on French civil
law system and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in
Constitutional Court (which was formally established on 9 March
1994); has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Suffrage:
18 years of age;
universal
Executive branch:
chief of state:
President Amadou Toumani TOURE (since 8 June 2002) head of government: Prime Minister Ousmane Issoufi MAIGA
(since 30 April 2004) cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister
elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year
term (two-term limit); election last held 12 May 2002 (next to be
held May 2007); prime minister appointed by the president election results: Amadou Toumani TOURE elected president;
percent of vote - Amadou Toumani TOURE 64.4%, Soumaila CISSE 35.6%
Legislative branch:
unicameral National
Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (147 seats; members are elected by
popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: last held 14 July and 28 July 2002 (next to be
held July 2007) election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by
party - Hope 2002 coalition 66, ADEMA 51, other 30
Judicial branch:
Supreme Court or Cour
Supreme
Political parties and leaders:
Alliance for
Democracy or ADEMA [Diounconda TRAORE, party chairman]; Block of
Alternative for the Renewal of Africa or BARA [Yoro DIAKITE];
Democratic and Social Convention or CDS [Mamadou Bakary SANGARE,
chairman]; Hope 2002 [leader NA]; Movement for the Independence,
Renaissance and Integration of Africa or MIRIA [Mohamed Lamine
TRAORE, Mouhamedou DICKO]; National Congress for Democratic
Initiative or CNID [Mountaga TALL, chairman]; Party for Democracy
and Progress or PDP [Me Idrissa TRAORE]; Party for National Renewal
or PARENA [Yoro DIAKITE, chairman; Tiebile DRAME, secretary
general]; Rally for Democracy and Labor or RDT [Ali GNANGADO]; Rally
for Democracy and Progress or RDP [Almamy SYLLA, chairman]; Rally
for Mali or RPM [Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA, chairman]; Sudanese
Union/African Democratic Rally or US/RDA [Mamadou Bamou TOURE,
secretary general]; Union of Democratic Forces for Progress or UFDP
[Youssouf TOURE, secretary general]; Union for Democracy and
Development or UDD [Moussa Balla COULIBALY]; Union for Republic and
Democracy or URD [Soumaila CISSE]
Political pressure groups and leaders:
Patriotic Movement of
the Ghanda Koye or MPGK; United Movement and Fronts of Azawad or
MFUA
chief of mission:
Ambassador Abdoulaye DIOP chancery: 2130 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 332-2249, 939-8950 FAX: [1] (202) 332-6603
Diplomatic representation from the US:
chief of mission:
Ambassador Vicki HUDDLESTONE embassy: Rue Rochester NY and Rue Mohamed V, Bamako mailing address: B. P. 34, Bamako telephone: [223] (2) 223-833 FAX: [223] (2) 223-712
Flag description:
three equal vertical
bands of green (hoist side), yellow, and red; uses the popular
pan-African colors of Ethiopia