Former Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals, Malick studied at the École Normale d’Administration in Mali where he obtained a master’s degree in private law. He then continued his studies at the French universities of Paris X-Nantes where he obtained a master’s degree in general private law in 1999 and in Montpellier where he successively obtained a DEA in fundamental private law and a doctorate in private law and criminal sciences in 2000 and 2003. Malick Coulibaly taught law at Mandé Bukari University from October 2004 to June 2009 and at the Faculty of Legal and Political Sciences in Bamako. He served as deputy public prosecutor at the Kati Court of First Instance until September 2008 when he resigned to protest against the non-application of a court decision. He was appointed human rights training expert to the United Nations Joint Support Program for the Promotion of Human Rights and Gender (PCDHG). He has also published several legal works.
