Baba Berthé

Baba Berthé is a Malian politician who served as the Minister of Agriculture under Django Sissoko between December 2012 and May 5, 2019.

Biography Berthe was born in Sougoumba, near Koutiala, Sikasso Region, Mali around 1961. He went to high school in Sikasso then attended the National School of Administration in Bamako.

Berthe has lectured at the University of Bamako since 1998. Between 2000 and 2004, he was a visiting professor at the Toulouse Institute where he gave courses on the democratization of Africa from 1990 to 2000 and the issues of rural economies and security in West Africa. On May 16, 2011, Berthe was appointed as the secretary-general to the president of Mali, and then as Minister of Agriculture under Django Sissoko.

In 2020, after he left the post of agriculture minister, Berthe helped secure a deal with Geocoton to finance a textile mill in Mali.