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Amadou Sanogo

1972 - Today

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Amadou Haya Sanogo (born 1972 or 1973) is a Malian military officer who was leader of the 2012 Malian coup d'état against President Amadou Toumani Touré. He proclaimed himself the leader of the National Committee for Recovering Democracy and Restoring the State (CNRDRE). Sanogo was also said to be involved in the arrest and resignation of acting Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra in December 2012, leading to the appointment of civil servant Django Sissoko as Prime Minister. According to Human Rights Watch, Sanogo’s forces were implicated in serious human rights abuses including torture, sexual abuse, and intimidation against journalists and family members of detained soldiers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Amadou Sanogo is the 17,271st most popular politician (up from 17,672nd in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Mali (up from 41st in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Malian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Amadou Sanogo ranks 17,271 out of 19,576. Before him are Jean Charest, Igor Shuvalov, Gilles Duceppe, Carmen Calvo Poyato, Balakh Sher Mazari, and Sumitra Mahajan. After him are Hans-Peter Friedrich, Lyubov Kozyreva, Bob Avakian, Arvind Kejriwal, Paul Bérenger, and Zabiullah Mujahid.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Amadou Sanogo ranks 392. Before him are Roland Møller, Chantal Andere, Capone, Carlos Checa, Meng Wanzhou, and China Miéville. After him are Hiroaki Morishima, Andriy Husin, Keiji Kaimoto, Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, Paul Clement, and Anna Belknap.

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In Mali

Among people born in Mali, Amadou Sanogo ranks 39 out of 72. Before him are Boubou Cissé (1974), Ousmane Issoufi Maïga (1945), Oumou Sangaré (1968), Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga (1954), Choguel Kokalla Maïga (1958), and Soumaïla Cissé (1949). After him are Abdoulaye Idrissa Maïga (1958), Koman Coulibaly (1970), Rokia Traoré (1974), Aya Nakamura (1995), Bilal Ag Acherif (1977), and Hamari Traoré (1992).

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Among POLITICIANS In Mali

Among politicians born in Mali, Amadou Sanogo ranks 23. Before him are Django Sissoko (1948), Boubou Cissé (1974), Ousmane Issoufi Maïga (1945), Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga (1954), Choguel Kokalla Maïga (1958), and Soumaïla Cissé (1949). After him are Abdoulaye Idrissa Maïga (1958), Bilal Ag Acherif (1977), and Moussa Mara (1975).

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