Mali presidential election 2013: A profile of the main candidates

Dramane Dembele

ADEMA, historically Mali’s best established party, has picked Dembele, a geologist with little political experience, as its candidate for the vote.

The choice of the 46-year-old is likely aimed at appealing to the youth vote.

But the clout of Mali’s biggest party could be weakened by internal divisions over his candidacy and frustrations among many Malians that ADEMA was central to years of misrule that led to the crisis.

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