title: 2018 in Mali
text: # 2018 in Mali
  
  Events in the year 2018 in Mali.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President – Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta
  * Prime Minister – Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga
  
  ## Events
  
  * 29 July – scheduled date for the Malian presidential election, 2018
  * November or December – scheduled date for the Malian parliamentary election, 2018
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 9 June – Ogobara Doumbo, medical researcher (b. 1956).
  * 19 August – Khaira Arby, singer (b. 1959).
  * 22 October – Mahamadou Djeri Maïga, politician and Azawad separatist (b. 1972).
  * 28 December – Seydou Badian Kouyaté, writer and politician (b. 1928).
  