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Dioncounda Traore, the head of Mali’s national assembly who has taken over as the country’s interim leader, underwent military training for three years, one of them as a paratrooper, according to his official biography.

He speaks French, Russian, English and Spanish, along with the local Bambara and Soninke languages.

His aides describe him as someone “very keen on working toward consensus” and “a man of the people”.

A former teacher, the 70-year-old Traore was born in Kati, near Bamako, the Malian capital. He is married and has seven children.

Traore studied mathematics in the former Soviet Union and Algeria, before being awarded a doctorate in France.

“I’m a mathematician.

I was a trade unionist and I remain so in spirit,” he told the AFP news agency.

His remarks came after Amadou Toumane Toure, the president whose government was toppled by junior military officers on March 22, officially resigned, paving the way for army leaders to step dow