{{Short description|Malian politician}} {{infobox officeholder |name = Moctar Ouane |image = Moctar Ouane 2009 (cropped).jpg |caption = Ouane in January 2009 |office = Prime Minister of Mali<br />{{small|Acting}} |president = Bah Ndaw {{small|(Interim)}} |deputy = |term_start = 27 September 2020 |term_end = 24 May 2021 |predecessor = Boubou Cissé |successor = Choguel Kokalla Maïga (Interim) |office1 = Minister of Foreign Affairs |president1 = Amadou Toumani Touré |term_start1 = 2004 |term_end1 = 2011 |predecessor1 = Lassana Traoré |successor1 = Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga |office2 = Malian Ambassador to the United Nations |president2 = Alpha Oumar Konaré |term_start2 = 1995 |term_end2 = 2002 |predecessor2 = |successor2 = |birth_name = Moctar Ouane |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|10|11|df=y}} |birth_place = Bidi, French Sudan {{small|(now Mali)}} |party = }} '''Moctar Ouane''' (born 11 October 1955) is a Malian diplomat and politician who served as the acting Prime Minister of Mali from 27 September 2020 to 24 May 2021, between the 2020 Malian coup d'état and the 2021 Malian coup d'état.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sangare |first=Bokar |publisher=Bloomberg |title=Mali's Interim President Appoints Moctar Ouane Prime Minister |date=September 27, 2020 |access-date=September 28, 2020 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-27/mali-s-interim-president-appoints-moctar-ouane-prime-minister}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/24/mali-president-prime-minister-and-defence-minister-arrested-sources-say|title=Mali: leader of 2020 coup takes power after president's arrest|work=The Guardian|author=Emmanuel Akinwotu|location=Lagos, Nigeria|date=25 May 2021}}</ref> He also previously served in the government of Mali as Minister of Foreign Affairs from May 2004 to April 2011.
==Diplomatic career== Ouane was technical advisor to the Secretary-General of the Government from 1982 to 1986, head of the Agreements and International Conventions Division at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1986, diplomatic advisor to the Prime Minister from 1986 to 1988, chief of staff (''chef de cabinet'') of the Secretary-General of the Presidency from 1988 to 1990, diplomatic advisor to President Moussa Traoré from 1990 to 1991 and to transitional head of state Amadou Toumani Touré from 1991 to 1992, and then diplomatic advisor to the Prime Minister in 1992. He was political advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 1995<ref name=MAE>[http://www.mae.gov.ml/biographique.php Biography at the website of the Malian foreign ministry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218001700/http://mae.gov.ml/biographique.php |date=2009-02-18 }}.</ref> before becoming Mali's Permanent Representative to the United Nations on 27 September 1995; he served in that post until 27 September 2002.<ref name=Kaba>[http://www.essor.gov.ml/cgi-bin/view_article.pl?id=2934 "New-York: les adieux de l'ambassadeur Ouane"]{{Dead link|date=May 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''L'Essor'', October 15, 2002 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> During this time, he served as President of the United Nations Security Council in September 2000 and December 2001.<ref name=Kaba/><ref>[https://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/scpres2000.htm "Presidents of the Security Council: 2000–"], UN.org.</ref> He was Directing Ambassador of International Cooperation from 2003 to 2004<ref name=MAE/> before being named Minister of Foreign Affairs on 2 May 2004.<ref>[http://www.presse-francophone.org/francophonie/francophonie_gouvernements_mali.htm List of members of the government of Mali], presse-francophone.org {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>
After leaving office as Foreign Minister in 2011, Ouane became Diplomatic Adviser to the West African Economic and Monetary Union in January 2014.<ref>[http://www.maliweb.net/nomminations/uemoa-moctar-ouane-nomme-conseiller-diplomatique-188574.html "UEMOA : Moctar Ouane nommé conseiller diplomatique"], ''L'Indépendant'', 8 January 2014 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> He became peace and security advisor for the institution in 2016.<ref name="aljazeera">{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/9/27/former-mali-fm-moctar-ouane-named-transitional-premier |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928193049/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/9/27/former-mali-fm-moctar-ouane-named-transitional-premier |title=Former Mali Foreign Minister Moctar Ouane named transitional PM |publisher=Al Jazeera |date=September 27, 2020 |archive-date=September 28, 2020}}</ref>
He was appointed interim Prime Minister by interim President Bah Ndaw on 27 September 2020.<ref name="aljazeera"/> He attempted to resign on 14 May 2021 but was swiftly reappointed to oversee a reshuffling of the cabinet. This reshuffling led to the 2021 Malian coup d'état, in which Ndaw and Ouane were deposed and stripped of their positions.<ref>{{cite news |publisher=Al Jazeera |title=Mali timeline: From military coup to interim leaders removed |date=May 25, 2021 |access-date=May 26, 2021 |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/25/timeline-what-happened-in-mali-since-a-military-coup-in-august}}</ref> Both leaders officially resigned on 26 May.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mali's president, prime minister resign after arrests by military|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/26/malis-president-prime-minister-resign-after-arrests-by-military|access-date=2021-05-26|website=www.aljazeera.com}}</ref>
On 27 August 2021, Ouane was released from house arrest.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mali's former interim president and PM released from house arrest |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/malis-former-interim-president-pm-released-house-arrest-2021-08-27/ |access-date=27 August 2021 |work=Reuters |date=27 August 2021}}</ref>
== See also == * Choguel Kokalla Maïga * Abdoulaye Maïga (officer) * Boubou Cissé
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