Malick Diaw is a Malian soldier and politician. The colonel was one of the leaders of the Military Junta that organized the 2020 Malian coup d'état and a member of the . On December 5, 2020, he was elected president of the , the de facto Malian legislative body. Biography Colonel Malick Diaw was a student at the then joined the Joint Military School in Koulikoro in 1998. He became deputy director of the at the time of the coup. He was also Subjete of the General Staff of the National Guard in the 3rd Military Region of Kati. As an artillery officer, he participated in the Mali War between 2013 and 2017. He was one of the soldiers present at the massive rally to celebrate the fall of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta and is considered one of the masterminds of the 2020 Malian coup d'état that overthrew the president. He became second in command of the Military Junta led by Assimi Goïta, interim vice president in the transition of Mali. He also played a key role in negotiations with the Economic Community of West African States to lift sanctions in October. Diaw was elected president of the with 111 votes in favor and 7 abstentions, in a body in which the military occupies 22 of the 121 seats. References 1979 births Vice presidents of Mali Malian military personnel People from Ségou Living people 21st-century Malian people