<page_title> List of heads of state of Mali </page_title> <section_title> List </section_title> <table> <cell> 1 <col_header> No. </col_header> <col_header> Took office </col_header> </cell> <cell> Modibo Keïta (1915–1977) <col_header> Name (Birth–Death) </col_header> <col_header> Left office </col_header> <row_header> 1 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 20 June 1960 <col_header> Tenure </col_header> <row_header> 1 </row_header> <row_header> Modibo Keïta (1915–1977) </row_header> </cell> <cell> 19 November 1968 (deposed.) <col_header> Tenure </col_header> <row_header> 1 </row_header> <row_header> Modibo Keïta (1915–1977) </row_header> </cell> <cell> Himself <col_header> Prime Minister(s) </col_header> <row_header> 1 </row_header> <row_header> Modibo Keïta (1915–1977) </row_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> </table>
Modibo Keïta (1915 – 1977) was the first President of Mali (1960–1968) and the Prime Minister of Mali.