The High Islamic Council of Mali (Haut Conseil islamique malien, HCIM) is an organization created in January 2002[1] that brings together religious organizations and leaders responsible for interfacing with authorities.[2][3]
The Council is headed by a president from the national executive board elected for a five-year term.
Salafi Mahmoud Dicko[2] led the Council from 2008 to 2019. At the end of his first term in 2014, Dicko was re-elected with 59 votes as compared to 27 for his competitor Thierno Hady Oumar Thiam.[4]
Since April 2019, the Council has been led by the MalikiteChérif Ousmane Madani Haïdara.[5][6] Haïdara had been the Council's vice president beginning in 2002, when the Council was created.[3]