Abdoulaye Maïga (officer)

Lieutenant Colonel
Abdoulaye Maïga
Lieutenant Colonel Abdoulaye Maïga
Prime Minister of Mali; Acting
	In office; 21 August 2022 – 5 December 2022
President	Assimi Goïta (acting)
Preceded by	Choguel Kokalla Maïga
Succeeded by	Choguel Kokalla Maïga
Spokesperson for the Government
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 December 2021
Prime Minister	Choguel Kokalla Maïga; Himself
Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; June 2021
Prime Minister	Choguel Kokalla Maïga; Himself
Personal details
Born	Abdoulaye Maïga; 12 May 1981 (age 43); Bamako, Mali
Military service
Allegiance	Mali
Branch/service	Malian National Gendarmerie
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Battles/wars	Mali War

Lieutenant Colonel Abdoulaye Maïga (born 12 May 1981) is a Malian military officer currently serving as the government spokesman. He was temporarily appointed interim prime minister of Mali on 21 August 2022.^[1]

Maïga is a lieutenant colonel^[2] in the Malian National Gendarmerie,^[3] which is a military force with law enforcement duties among the civilian population and is part of the Malian armed forces. Maïga studied diplomacy and international law in Algiers.^[3] He studied defence and international security policies in Paris^[3] and "holds a doctorate in International Security and Defense from Jean Moulin Lyon 3 University of the 'ED 492' Doctoral School of Law."^[4] He also studied human rights and humanitarian law at what is now Paris-Saclay University at Évry.^[3] Maïga started a doctorate in business law.^[3] He wrote a thesis on "the credibility of ECOWAS" to ensure peace and security.^[3]

Maïga has worked in the Early Warning Directorate on the Prevention of Terrorism in Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).^[3] He worked as a police officer for MONUSCO (part of the United Nations mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo).^[3]

Maïga was not part of the group of officers led by Colonel Assimi Goïta who took power in the August 2020 Malian coup d'état.^[5]^[3] He is considered close to Goïta, and became "the voice of the policy of breaking with France and its allies" after the second coup d'état in May 2021.^[5] In June 2021 he was appointed Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation,^[6] and on 1 December 2021 was also appointed spokesperson for the government.^[5]^[3]^[6]