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'''Bilal Ag Acherif''' ({{Lang-ar|بلال أغ الشريف}}) (born 1977 in Kidal Region, Mali,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theafricareport.com/index.php/news-analysis/mali-s-shaky-rebel-alliance-and-a-looming-war-501814848.html |title=Mali's shaky rebel alliance and a looming war |work=The Africa Report |date=July 5, 2012 |archiveurl=https://swap.stanford.edu/20120706230941/http://www.theafricareport.com/index.php/news-analysis/mali-s-shaky-rebel-alliance-and-a-looming-war-501814848.html |archivedate=July 6, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> last name alternatively spelled '''Cherif''')<ref>{{Citation |author=Elhadj Ould Brahim |url=http://studies.aljazeera.net/ResourceGallery/media/Documents/2012/2/19/2012219115035845734Conflict%2520in%2520Northern%2520Mali.pdf |title=Conflict in Northern Mali: Internal Facts and Regional Impacts |publisher=Al Jazeera Centre for Studies |date=19 February 2012 |page=3 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> is the Secretary-General of the [[National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad]] (MNLA) and president of a briefly independent [[Azawad]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://wwwchannelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1193279/1/.html |title=Tuareg rebels announce 'end of military operations' in Mali |publisher=Channel NewsAsia |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=5 April 2012 |accessdate=6 April 2012 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/03/201232211614369240.html |title=Explainer: Tuareg-led rebellion in north Mali - Africa |publisher=Al Jazeera English |date=3 April 2012 |accessdate=6 April 2012}}</ref>
'''Bilal Ag Acherif''' ({{Lang-ar|بلال أغ الشريف}}; born 1977), last name alternatively spelled '''Cherif''',<ref>{{Citation |author=Elhadj Ould Brahim |url=http://studies.aljazeera.net/ResourceGallery/media/Documents/2012/2/19/2012219115035845734Conflict%2520in%2520Northern%2520Mali.pdf |title=Conflict in Northern Mali: Internal Facts and Regional Impacts |publisher=Al Jazeera Centre for Studies |date=19 February 2012 |page=3 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> is the Secretary-General of the [[National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad]] (MNLA) in [[Mali]]. He was president of a briefly independent breakaway state of [[Azawad]]<ref>{{cite news |url= http://wwwchannelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1193279/1/.html |title=Tuareg rebels announce 'end of military operations' in Mali |publisher=Channel NewsAsia |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=5 April 2012 |accessdate=6 April 2012 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/03/201232211614369240.html |title=Explainer: Tuareg-led rebellion in north Mali – Africa |publisher=Al Jazeera English |date=3 April 2012 |accessdate=6 April 2012}}</ref> from April to July 2012, before the [[Malian Armed Forces]] recaptured many cities and Azawad collapsed.

He was [[President (corporate title)|president]] of [[Azawad]] from April to July of 2012 before the [[Malian Armed Forces]] recaptured many cities and Azawad collapsed.


== Biography ==
== Biography ==


=== Pre Presidency ===
=== Pre-presidency ===
In 1993, he left Mali for [[Libya]] to study political science and later returned in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theafricareport.com/News-Analysis/malis-shaky-rebel-alliance-and-a-looming-war.html|title=Mali's shaky rebel alliance and a looming war|publisher=The Africa Report|date=5 July 2012|author=Vogl, Martin}}</ref>
He was born in the [[Kidal Region]] of Mali in 1977.<ref name=Vogl/> He went to [[Libya]] in 1993 to study political science, returning to Mali in 2010.<ref name=Vogl>{{cite web |last=Vogl |first=Martin |date=5 July 2012 |title=Mali's shaky rebel alliance and a looming war |url= https://www.theafricareport.com/6954/malis-shaky-rebel-alliance-and-a-looming-war/ |work=The Africa Report}}</ref>


=== Interim Presidency ===
=== Interim presidency ===
On 6 April of 2012, he posted a statement to its website in which he declared the independence of [[Azawad]] from [[Mali]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mali's Tuareg rebels declare independence {{!}} Mali {{!}} The Guardian |url=https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2012/apr/06/mali-tuareg-rebels-declare-independence |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=amp.theguardian.com}}</ref> It was supported by [[Ansar Dine]] an Islamic organization from 2012-2017. This was not recognized by any nation or entity.
On 6 April 2012, he posted a statement to its website in which he declared the independence of [[Azawad]] from Mali.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mali's Tuareg rebels declare independence |url=https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2012/apr/06/mali-tuareg-rebels-declare-independence |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> On May 26, 2012 he made a pact with [[Ansar Dine]], an Islamic organization, in which they would together form an Islamic state.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-05-26 |title=Mali Tuareg and Islamist rebels agree on Islamist state |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-18224004 |access-date=2023-08-02}}</ref> Azawad was supported by Ansar Dine from 2012 to 2017. It was not recognized by any nation or entity.

On May 26, 2012 he made a pact with Asnar Dine in which both would form an Islamic State.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-05-26 |title=Mali Tuareg and Islamist rebels agree on Islamist state |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-18224004 |access-date=2023-08-02}}</ref>


On 26 June 2012, he was wounded in clashes between MNLA fighters and the Islamist [[Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa]] during the [[2012 northern Mali conflict|northern Mali conflict]]. According to an MNLA spokesperson, he was taken to [[Burkina Faso]] for medical care.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18610618 |title=Mali: Islamists seize Gao from Tuareg rebels |date=June 27, 2012 |publisher=BBC News |accessdate=June 27, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121223052737/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18610618 |archivedate=December 23, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hBFw8aQMUwyILkE0faoge_v3a2Tw?docId=CNG.5a399b35f2fd7797cbca9a2f17c8ca72.5a1 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205065640/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hBFw8aQMUwyILkE0faoge_v3a2Tw?docId=CNG.5a399b35f2fd7797cbca9a2f17c8ca72.5a1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 5, 2012 |title=Islamists seize north Mali town, at least 21 dead in clashes |author=Serge Daniel |date=June 27, 2012 |agency=Agence France-Presse |accessdate=June 27, 2012}}</ref>
On 26 June 2012, he was wounded in clashes between MNLA fighters and the Islamist [[Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa]] during the [[2012 northern Mali conflict|northern Mali conflict]]. According to an MNLA spokesperson, he was taken to [[Burkina Faso]] for medical care.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18610618 |title=Mali: Islamists seize Gao from Tuareg rebels |date=June 27, 2012 |publisher=BBC News |accessdate=June 27, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121223052737/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18610618 |archivedate=December 23, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hBFw8aQMUwyILkE0faoge_v3a2Tw?docId=CNG.5a399b35f2fd7797cbca9a2f17c8ca72.5a1 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205065640/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hBFw8aQMUwyILkE0faoge_v3a2Tw?docId=CNG.5a399b35f2fd7797cbca9a2f17c8ca72.5a1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 5, 2012 |title=Islamists seize north Mali town, at least 21 dead in clashes |author=Serge Daniel |date=June 27, 2012 |agency=Agence France-Presse |accessdate=June 27, 2012}}</ref>


=== Post Presidency ===
=== Post-presidency ===
In the months after his presidency he met with [[Cyril Vainer]] in [[Paris]] to discuss the [[Mali War]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-11-27 |title=The Interview - Bilal Ag Acherif, President of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20121127-interview-bilal-ag-acherif-president-national-movement-for-the-liberation-of-azawad-tuareg-mali |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=France 24 |language=en}}</ref>
In the months after his presidency he met with [[Cyril Vainer]] in Paris to discuss the [[Mali War]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-11-27 |title=The Interview – Bilal Ag Acherif, President of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20121127-interview-bilal-ag-acherif-president-national-movement-for-the-liberation-of-azawad-tuareg-mali |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=France 24 |language=en}}</ref>


In 2014, Bilal Ag Acherif took over the [[Coordination of Azawad Movements]] (CMA)'s presidency, until being succeeded by [[Alghabass Ag Intalla]] on December 16, 2016.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}
In 2014, Bilal Ag Acherif took over the presidency of the [[Coordination of Azawad Movements]] (CMA), until being succeeded by [[Alghabass Ag Intalla]] on December 16, 2016.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}


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Amghar
Bilal Ag Alcherif
بلال أغ الشريف
President of the Transitional Council of the State of Azawad
In office
6 April 2012 – 12 July 2012
Vice PresidentMahamadou Djeri Maïga
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
General Secretary of the MNLA
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 2011
Preceded byPosition established
Personal details
Born1977 (age 46–47)
Kidal Region, Mali
NationalityAzawadi

Bilal Ag Acherif (Template:Lang-ar; born 1977), last name alternatively spelled Cherif,[1] is the Secretary-General of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) in Mali. He was president of a briefly independent breakaway state of Azawad[2][3] from April to July 2012, before the Malian Armed Forces recaptured many cities and Azawad collapsed.

Biography

Pre-presidency

He was born in the Kidal Region of Mali in 1977.[4] He went to Libya in 1993 to study political science, returning to Mali in 2010.[4]

Interim presidency

On 6 April 2012, he posted a statement to its website in which he declared the independence of Azawad from Mali.[5] On May 26, 2012 he made a pact with Ansar Dine, an Islamic organization, in which they would together form an Islamic state.[6] Azawad was supported by Ansar Dine from 2012 to 2017. It was not recognized by any nation or entity.

On 26 June 2012, he was wounded in clashes between MNLA fighters and the Islamist Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa during the northern Mali conflict. According to an MNLA spokesperson, he was taken to Burkina Faso for medical care.[7][8]

Post-presidency

In the months after his presidency he met with Cyril Vainer in Paris to discuss the Mali War.[9]

In 2014, Bilal Ag Acherif took over the presidency of the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), until being succeeded by Alghabass Ag Intalla on December 16, 2016.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Elhadj Ould Brahim (19 February 2012), Conflict in Northern Mali: Internal Facts and Regional Impacts (PDF), Al Jazeera Centre for Studies, p. 3[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Tuareg rebels announce 'end of military operations' in Mali". Channel NewsAsia. Agence France-Presse. 5 April 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2012.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Explainer: Tuareg-led rebellion in north Mali – Africa". Al Jazeera English. 3 April 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
  4. ^ a b Vogl, Martin (5 July 2012). "Mali's shaky rebel alliance and a looming war". The Africa Report.
  5. ^ "Mali's Tuareg rebels declare independence". The Guardian. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  6. ^ "Mali Tuareg and Islamist rebels agree on Islamist state". BBC News. 2012-05-26. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  7. ^ "Mali: Islamists seize Gao from Tuareg rebels". BBC News. June 27, 2012. Archived from the original on December 23, 2012. Retrieved June 27, 2012.
  8. ^ Serge Daniel (June 27, 2012). "Islamists seize north Mali town, at least 21 dead in clashes". Agence France-Presse. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved June 27, 2012.
  9. ^ "The Interview – Bilal Ag Acherif, President of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad". France 24. 2012-11-27. Retrieved 2023-08-02.


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