Cissé Inna Sissoko

Moussoumakan "Inna" Sissoko Cissé, (née Sissoko, December 11, 1933 in Macina, Mali), is a Malian politician, nurse, and social worker (secrétaire d’Etat aux Affaires sociales) from 1968 to 1972. She was the first woman to be a member of Mali's government.

Biography Inna Sissoko was born into a family of teachers. She went to school in Ségou and Bamako. In 1953, she began working as an assistant teacher. She then studied nursing from 1957 to 1959 in Dakar. In 1959, she moved to Paris and worked as a social worker until 1962, then became a teacher of social work. She attended the University of Paris and graduated in 1967 with a degree in social sciences.

Although Sissoko did not belong to the governing party, Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally, she was selected as Secretary of State for Social Affairs after the 1968 Malian coup d'état, making her Mali's first female member of government. Beginning in 1985, she worked as an advisor for the Ministry of Labour and Civil Service (ministère du Travail et de la Fonction publique).