Ahmed Mohamed ag Hamani

Ahmed Mohamed ag Hamani (born 1942 ) was the prime minister of Mali from 2002 to 2004.

Life and career Hamani was born in Goundam, and is an ethnic Tuareg. He became a technical advisor to the Minister of Planning in 1975 He then became Minister of Information and Telecommunications in the government named on June 28, 1979 and Minister of Planning in the government named on August 2, 1980; in the latter position, he became the second ranking person in the government after Moussa Traoré, who was President and Minister of Defense. He subsequently became Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture on December 31, 1984, and then Minister of Transport and Public Works on June 6, 1986. He left the government on January 20, 1987 His initial appointment was regarded as being on a temporary basis extending through the period of the July 2002 parliamentary election. At Touré's request, he submitted his government's resignation on April 28, 2004,