Keïta Aminata Maiga

Keïta Aminata Maiga, also known as Aminata Maïga Keïta, is a Malian healthcare, public health, and children's advocate, and the widow of former President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta. Under this capacity, she served as the First Lady of Mali from 4 September 2013 until 19 August 2020. During her tenure as first lady, Maiga has promoted improvements in healthcare, education, the welfare of mothers and children, the environment and athletics.

Biography Maiga is originally from the commune of Bourem in the Gao Region of northern Mali. Her father, Attaher Maïga, served as a government minister under President Modibo Keïta during the 1960s. Aminata Maiga studied at the University of Nantes in France.

Maiga oversaw the donation of more than 30 million CFA francs worth of sanitation equipment to the city of Ségou as part of a clean-up campaign called l'Opération Ségou Commune Propre (Operation Ségou Clean Commune).

Maiga is the president of the Agir Association, which was founded in 1994 and became a non-governmental organization in June 2005.