Soumaïla Cissé

Soumaïla Cissé ( born December 20, 1949 in Niafunké in the Timbuktu region ) is a Malian politician.

Life

Soumaïla Cissé studied computer science at the Institut des Sciences de l' Ingénieur from the École polytechnique universitaire the University of Montpellier II, he worked for several large companies such as IBM -France, Pechiney, le Groupe Thomson and the French airline Air Inter, before he returned to Mali in 1984 to work for the Compagnie pour le développement malienne of textiles ( CMDT ), a company of the cotton sector. Since the establishment of ADEMA - PASJ he was an activist of the party and was following the election of Alpha Oumar Konaré 1992 the first free elections since independence from France Secretary of the Presidency of the Republic. In 1993, Cissé Minister of Finance and Trade, 1994, after a government reshuffle Finance Minister, then in 2000, Minister for Infrastructure, Planning, Environment and Urban Planning in the Government of Mandé Sidibé. Soumaïla Cissé was elected third vice - president of ADEMA - PASJ.

In January 2002 he resigned from his cabinet post in order to concentrate on preparing for the presidential elections. He was nominated by the ADEMA - PASJ as a candidate for the succession of Konare, who could not be standing for election, as the constitution of Mali limits the presidential term to two periods. Amadou Toumani Touré was the winner of the first round. In the runoff Cissé was defeated with a little less than 35 % of the vote.

Given intra-party quarrels and lack of support from the Alt- President KONARE he left ADEMA - PASJ in June 2003 and started with some activists, the Union pour la Démocratie et la République, Union for the Republic and Democracy ( URD ).

Soumaïla Cissé served as president of the West African Economic and Monetary Union ( UEMOA ). By 2012, he was considered a favorite for the presidential elections in April. However, this was canceled due to the coup. However, Cissé came on in the subsequent elections of 2013, the Union pour la Démocratie et la République party and won by Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta the most votes. Since Keïta not won an absolute majority, he kicked Cissé to in the second ballot on 11 August. After counting about two -thirds of the votes Cissé confessed prematurely a defeat and congratulated Keïta to victory.