Diakité Fatoumata N'Diaye

Diakité Fatoumata N'Diaye is a Malian politician and diplomat who has served as Minister of Public Health in 1991, Minister of Health in 1997, and Minister of Social Development between 2000 and 2002. In 2017, N'Diaye became the Malian ambassador to Tunisia.

Biography N'Diaye was born in Bamako, French Sudan (now Mali) in April 1954. She first went to a regional school in Segou, and continued her studies at the Catholic Mission in Segou where she graduated in 1968.

Between 1983 and 1991 N'Diaye was a professor at the National School of Administration. During this time, she also rose up the ranks in the Malian government, becoming an advisor to the general secretariat, head of publications for that department, and then director of the cabinet for the Ministry of Youth and Sports. The next year, she was appointed as Minister of Tourism and deputy secretary general of the government. Between 1993 and 1997, N'Diaye was the Minister for the Promotion of Women, and in 1997 became Minister of Health of Mali. Between 2000 and 2002, N'Diaye served as the Minister of Social Development, Solidarity, and the Elderly. In April 2023, she was succeeded as ambassador by Moussa Soro Sy.