CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The current Interim Prime Minister of Mali is Choguel Kokalla Maïga, since 6 June 2021. He was appointed by the National Committee for the Salvation of the People, which has governed the country since the 2021 Malian coup d’état.

Detailed explanation-2: -Colonel Assimi Goïta (born c. 1983) is a Malian military officer who has been interim President of Mali since 28 May 2021.

Detailed explanation-3: -In Mali, the military has appointed a Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga as interim Prime Minister after the country’s civilian Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga was admitted to hospital.

Detailed explanation-4: -Shri Narendra Modi was sworn-in as India’s Prime Minister on 30th May 2019, marking the start of his second term in office. The first ever Prime Minister to be born after Independence, Shri Modi has previously served as the Prime Minister of India from 2014 to 2019.

Detailed explanation-5: -Maïga is a lieutenant colonel in the Malian National Gendarmerie, which is a military force with law enforcement duties among the civilian population and is part of the Malian armed forces.