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Alpha Oumar Konare
Date of Birth : February 2, 1946
Chairperson of the African Union Commission
Former President of the Republic of Mali Professor
- Education
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| 1971-1975 | Univeristy of Warsaw (Poland) -Institute of History
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| 1965-1969 | Ecole Normale Superieure - Bamako Majoring in History and Geography
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- Professional Career
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| 2003 | Chairperson of the African Union Commission |
| 2002 | Research Director in History and Archeology |
| 1992 | First President elected of the Republic of Mali |
| 1991 | First Chairman of ADEMA (Alliance for Democracy in Mali) Party |
| 1980 | Research Fellow at the High Training Institute in Applied Research (ISFRA) and teacher in the Department of History and Geography of Ecole Normale Superieure - Bamako |
| 1975-1978 | Head of the Historical and Ethnographic Heritage - Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture |
| 1974 | Research Fellow at the Human Sciences Institute of Mali |
| 1970-1971 | Teacher at Lycee de Badalabougou, Bamako |
| 1969-1970 | Teacher at Lycee de Markala, Mali |
| 1968-1969 | Teacher at Badalabougou Teachers' Training School (ENSEC) |
| 1964-1965 | Primary school teacher at Kayes Khasso |
- Professional Associations
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| 2002 | Member of the International Ethical, Political and Scientific Collegium |
| 2002 | Member of the UN Millenium Project Task Force on Hunger |
| 2001 | Chairman of South Africa - based e-Africa Commission on New technologies of information |
| 2001 | Co-chairman of the Partnership in Fighting Hunger and Poverty in Africa |
| 2001 | Honorary chairman of the Association of West African Scientists |
| 2001 | Member of UNESCO International Jury on Immaterial Heritage Works of Art |
| 2000 | Board Member of Gateway Foundation for the Development of New Technologies of Information and Communication |
| 1998 | Co-chairman of Global Coalition for Africa - GCA- |
| 1996 | Chairman of GCA Policy Committee |
| 1980-1992 | Vice-chairman of the International Council of Monuments and Sites - ICOMOS |
| 1989-1992 | Chairman of the International Council of Museums -ICOM |
| 1989 | UNESCO Advisor on International Fund for Cultural Promotion Board Member of Creative Africa Foundation |
| 1977 | Expert Consultant for UNESCO, the African Cultural Institute, ACCT and UNDP ard Member of World Islamic Education Centre of Mecca |
| 1977 | Chairman of West African Archeologists' Association |
| 1976 | Chairman of the Association of Historians and Geographers in Mali |
- Awards
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| - | International Award "Jacques Opangault" (Brazzaville, February 2004) |
| - | "German Africa Award 2003" (November 2003) |
| - | "Lifetime Achievement Award" (November 2002) |
| - | Honorary Citizen of Miami and State of Florida, USA (Year 2002) |
| - | Order of Merit of African Soccer Confederation (January 2001) |
| - | Order of Merit of the African Association of National Olympic Committees (Year 2001) |
| - | Honorary Citizen of the city of Montreuil, Paris (Year 2000) |
| - | Honorary Citizen of the Municipality of Mande, Mali (Year 2001) |
| - | Doctor honoris causa of the Univeristy of Rennes II, France (1999) |
| - | Doctor honoris causa of the University of Michigan, USA (1998) |
- Author
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| - | "Press visions" - Jamana Press (Volume 1: 1997; volume 2: 1998; volume 3: 1999) |
| - | "Alpha and You" - A compilation of Speeches (1992-1997) by His Excellency Alpha Oumar KONARE, President of the Republic of Mali -Afrique Press Paris, 1997 |
| - | "Sikasso Tata" - EDIM, 1983 |
| - | "The Constitutions of Mali" - EDIM, 1983 |
| - | "Greatest Dates in Mali" in collaboration with Adam Ba Konare - EDIM, 1983 |
| - | An Archeological Bibliography of Mali" - EDIM, 1981 |
| - | "The concept of power in Africa" - a collective work, UNESCO Press, 1981 " |
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