Bouaré Fily Sissoko

Bouaré Fily Sissoko (born 22 August 1955) is a Malian politician. She was Minister of State Domains and Land Affairs from 2000 to 2002, Minister of Communication from 2001 to 2002 and Minister of Finance from 2013 to 2015. She was sentenced to ten years in prison in 2025.

Biography Sissoko was born on 22 August 1955 in Dakar, French West Africa. She speaks French, English, Bambara, Khassonké and Ouolof.

Sissoko was educated in Ségou.

Sisoko returned to government in 2013, serving as minister of finance from 8 September 2013 to 10 January 2015. She headed a mission to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington D.C., United States, in 2014.

Sissoko was Mali's representative to the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) from May 2017.

In August 2021, was Sissoko placed under arrest as part of a corruption investigation by the Malian justice system into two cases: the purchase of the presidential Boeing plane and overcharged military equipment contracts. She was held in pre-trial detention for over three years at Bollé Women's Detention Center. She was sentenced to ten years in prison, accompanied by a fine of 500,000 CFA francs.

In March 2025, Sissoko's lawyer filed a request for provisional release to the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal on health grounds, due to deteriorating health caused by sickle cell disease, heart problems, hypertension and osteoarthritis. The request was rejected. In April 2025, she was hospitalized in Bamako after a suffering from a heart attack in prison.