Diarra, Cheick Modibo, 1952-

LC control no.	n 00040836
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Diarra, Cheick Modibo, 1952- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	Mali United States
Birth date	1952-04-21
Place of birth	Nioro du Sahel (Mali)
Affiliation	Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Microsoft Africa George Forrest Foundation Université Pierre et Marie Curie Howard University African Virtual University ALN (Law firm alliance)
Profession or occupation	Astrophysicists Executives Politicians Prime ministers
Found in	His Navigateur interplanétaire, c2000: t.p. (Cheick Modibo Diarra) p. 17 (b. 21 Apr. 1952 at Nioro, Mali) Cheikh Modibo Diarra, "The New Mali" (website), undated (2012), viewed June 7, 2019 (1999: pathfinder for education and development; 2001: UNESCO goodwill ambassador; 2006: president of Microsoft Africa; 2012: Prime Minister; studied in Mali 1960-1972, then Paris; bachelor's degree in mathematics, analytical mechanics and physics, Pierre and Marie Curie University, 1976; master's in mechanical engineering applied to astronautics 1982, Howard University; Ph.D. in mechanical engineering 1987; assistant professor, School of Engineers, Howard University, 1984-1989; an interplanetary navigator at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1989-2002; returned home to farm his lands in Ségou 2003-2006; president of Microsoft Corporation for Africa since 2006; president of the George Forrest Foundation since 2011) Wikipedia, June 7, 2019 (Cheick Modibo Diarra; Malian astrophysicist, businessman, and politician; acting Prime Minister of Mali April-December 2012; born in Nioro du Sahel, Mali; son-in-law of former president Moussa Traoré; recruited by Caltech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he played a role in several NASA programs, including the Magellan probe to Venus, the Ulysses probe to the Sun, the Galileo spacecraft to Jupiter, and the Mars Observer and Mars Pathfinder; became director of education and public outreach for NASA's Mars Exploration program; has obtained American citizenship; CEO of the African Virtual University (based in Kenya) 2002-2003; chairman of Microsoft Africa 2006-2011; founded the Rally for the Development of Mali, a political party, in 2011; appointed interim Prime Minister of Mali on 17 April 2012 to help restore civilian rule after the March 2012 coup d'état, arrested and announced his resignation in December; appointed chairman of ALN, an alliance of top tier African law firms, in December 2013)
Associated language	fre