Background
Sako, Soumana was born on December 23, 1950 in Nyamina, Koulikoro, Mali. Son of Bassayan Sako and Djeneba Traore.
Sako, Soumana was born on December 23, 1950 in Nyamina, Koulikoro, Mali. Son of Bassayan Sako and Djeneba Traore.
Baccalauréat, Lycée Askia Mohamed, Bamako, Mali, 1970. Diplôme, Ecole Nationale d'Administration, Bamako, 1974. Master of Public Administration, University Pittsburgh, 1978.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Pittsburgh, 1981.
Aminstrv. officer president's office, IGAAEF, Bamako, 1974; director administration and finance, Operation Puits Project, Bamako, 1975-1976; advisor, Ministry Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Bamako, 1981-1982; senior economics advisor, Ministry Planning and Economics Affairs, Bamako, 1982-1984; director cabinet, Ministry State-owned Enterprises, Bamako, 1985-1987; minister finance and commerce, Ministry of Finance and Commerce, Bamako, 1987; deputy comptr. general, Office of President, Bamako, 1988-1989; senior economist, United Nations Development Program, New York City and Bangui, 1989-1991; prime minister, Government of Mali, Bamako, since 1991. Part-time professor Ministry Education, Bamako, 1981-1987. Consultant United States-Agency for International Development, Bamako,1983, World Bank, Bamako, 1985.
Founding member UNEM (Mali's National Student Movement), Bamako, 1973. Member Stade Malien (vice president 1985-1988. honorary president 1989).
Married Cisse Toure, November 8, 1984. Children: Seydou, Mahamadou, Djeneba.
