Diallo Fadima Touré’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Mali politician
A.K.A. Diallo Fadima Toure
Is Politician 
From Mali 
Type Politics 
Gender female
Birth 1952, Ségou, Mali
Age: 68 years

Diallo Fadima Touré is a French-Canadian returnee to Mali, and the Minister of Culture and Tourism of Mali.

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