Moussa Traore Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Moussa Traore, based on 4 World History Database records associated with Mali.

4 records1968–19794 events2 places

Chronological biography

1968

Military Committee Government19 November 1968

Government / Government of Mali · Chairman of Military Committee for National Liberation · Bamako

Traore establishes the Military Committee for National Liberation as Mali's governing authority.

Military Coup against Modibo Keita19 November 1968

Government / Government of Mali · Chairman of Military Committee for National Liberation · Bamako

Traore leads the coup that removes President Modibo Keita from power.

1974

Constitutional Referendum2 June 1974

Government / Government of Mali · President of Mali · Mali

Traore's government submits a new constitution establishing presidential and single-party institutions.

1979

Presidential Election19 June 1979

Government / Government of Mali · President of Mali · Mali

Traore is confirmed as president under the new constitutional political system.

Titles and roles

Chairman of Military Committee for National Liberation · President of Mali

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.