Mamadou Dembelé

Mamadou Dembelé
Prime Minister of Mali
In office
6 June 1986  6 June 1988
PresidentMoussa Traoré
Preceded byYoro Diakité (1969)
Succeeded bySoumana Sacko (1991)
Personal details
Born(1934-01-21)21 January 1934
Kayes, French Sudan (now Mali)
Died9 October 2016(2016-10-09) (aged 82)
Bamako, Mali
Political partyUDPM
OccupationPolitician
Physician

Mamadou Dembelé (21 January 1934 – 9 October 2016) was a Malian physician and politician. Dembelé served as Prime Minister of Mali from 6 June 1986 to 6 June 1988 under President Moussa Traoré. He was a member of the Democratic Union of the Malian People and responsible for the repression of the 1979–80 student movements. He died on 9 October 2016 at the age of 82. Dembélé was to have a state funeral at the paternal home in Darsalam, followed by interment at the cemetery of Hamdallaye on Tuesday 11 October 2016.