2002 Malian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Mali on 28 April 2002, with a run-off on 12 May. The previous president, Alpha Oumar Konaré, stood down after 10 years in office, having been term limited by the Malian constitution to two terms. Amadou Toumani Touré won the election with 65% of the vote in the second round.
Image: Amadou Toure cropped
Image: Soumaïla Cissé 2013 Portrait
Amadou Toumani Touré was a Malian politician. He supervised Mali's first multiparty elections as chairman of the transitional government (1991–1992), and later became the second democratically elected President of Mali (2002–2012).
Touré in 2010
Amadou Touré with President Lula da Silva and government ministers of Brazil.
Touré meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush