Sadio Camara | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Camara in March 2022 | |
| Minister of Defence | |
| Assumed office 11 June 2021 | |
| President | Col. Assimi Goïta |
| Prime Minister | Choguel Kokalla Maïga (interim) |
| Preceded by | Souleymane Doucouré |
| In office 5 October 2020 – 24 May 2021 | |
| President | Bah Ndaw |
| Prime Minister | Moctar Ouane (interim) |
| Preceded by | Tiéna Coulibaly |
| Succeeded by | Souleymane Doucouré |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 March 1979 Kati, Koulikoro Region, Mali |
| Alma mater | Joint Military School in Koulikoro |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Mali |
| Branch/service | Malian Armed Forces |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Battles/wars | Mali War |
Colonel[1] Sadio Camara (born 22 March 1979[2]) is a Malian military officer currently serving as Minister of Defence, who took active part in the 2020 Malian coup d'état along with Colonel Assimi Goïta that ousted the government of Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta.[3]
He served as Minister of Defense between October 2020 and May 2021 when he was replaced. This prompted a new coup and he was reinstated as Minister of Defense on 11 June 2021, serving again in the charge since then.[4]
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- ^ Diallo, Aïssatou (7 September 2020). "Mali: Who's who in the Bamako coup". The Africa Report. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
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