What is Moctar Ouane?
{{infobox officeholder |name = Moctar Ouane |image = Moctar Ouane 2009 (cropped).jpg |office = [[List of prime ministers of Mali|Prime Minister of Mali]] |status = Acting |president = [[Bah Ndaw]] |deputy = |term_start = 27 September 2020 |term_end = 25 May 2021 |predecessor = [[Boubou Cissé]] |successor = [[Choguel Kokalla Maïga]] (interim) |office1 = [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Mali)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] |president1 = [[Amadou Toumani Touré]] |term_start1 = 2004 |term_end1 = 2011 |predecessor1 = [[Lassana Traoré]] |successor1 = [[Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga]] |office2 = Malian Ambassador to the United Nations |president2 = [[Alpha Oumar Konaré]] |term_start2 = 1995 |term_end2 = 2002 |predecessor2 = |successor2 = |birth_name = Moctar Ouane |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|10|11|df=y}} |birth_place = Bidi, [[French Sudan]] {{small|(now [[Mali]])}} |party = }} '''Moctar Ouane''' (born October 11, 1955) is a Malian diplomat and politician. He was the Acting [[List of prime ministers of Mali|Prime Minister of Mali]] from September 27, 2020 until being removed in a [[coup]] on May 25, 2021. He became prime minister following the [[2020 Malian coup d'état|deposition]] of the government of President [[Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Sangare |first=Bokar |publisher=Bloomberg |title=Mali’s Interim President Appoints Moctar Ouane Prime Minister |date=September 27, 2020 |access-date=September 28, 2020 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-27/mali-s-interim-president-appoints-moctar-ouane-prime-minister}}</ref> He was [[foreign minister|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] from May 2004 to April 2011. On August 27, 2021, Moctar Ouane was released from house arrest.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sangare |first= |publisher=Jeune Afrique |title=Mali : levée des restrictions pour Bah N’Daw et Moctar Ouane |date=August 28, 2021 |access-date=August 28, 2021 |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1224130/politique/mali