Keïta Fatoumata Diallo
Keïta Fatoumata Diallo | |
|---|---|
| First Lady of Mali | |
| In office 1962 – 19 November 1968 | |
| President | Modibo Keïta |
| Succeeded by | Mariam Sissoko |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 January 1943 Bamako, French Sudan, French West Africa |
| Died | 5 August 2025 (aged 82) Bamako, Mali |
| Occupation | Archivist |
Keïta Fatoumata Diallo (30 January 1943 – 5 August 2025) was a Malian archivist.[1] She was the third wife of Mali's founding president, Modibo Keïta.
Life and career
Born in Bamako on 30 January 1943, Diallo grew up in a Fula family. She attended midwifery school in Conakry and married President Modibo Keïta in 1962.[2] Following the 1968 coup d'état, her husband was deposed and she was offered work at the Archives Nationales du Mali, though she resigned from this position after her husband's death in 1977.[3]
Dillo died in Bamako on 5 August 2025, at the age of 82.[4]
References
- ^ Coulibaly, Adama (5 August 2025). "Nécrologie : Fanta Diallo, épouse du feu Président Modibo Keïta décédée ce mardi". Mali 24 (in French). Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ^ Ba Konaré, Adame (1993). Dictionnaire des femmes célèbres du Mali (in French). Bamako: Jamana. p. 393–396.
- ^ "Premières dames du Mali : Le pilier caché du pouvoir". aBamako (in French). 5 March 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ^ Aka, Kevin (6 August 2025). "Mali : décès de l'ancienne Première dame Keïta Fatoumata Diallo à l'âge de 82 ans". Bénin Web TV (in French). Retrieved 6 August 2025.