Amadou Thiam (born March 21, 1984, in Ségou) is a Malian politician who was elected the deputy in the National Assembly of Mali in 2014.
[2][3] Son of a diplomat, Amadou Thiam grew up in Ségou, Bamako and Accra and passed his Baccalaureate from the Achimota School of Ghana.
Upon completion of his degree, he returned to Mali and joined the USAID Harmonized Education Strengthening Support Program (USAID/PHARE) as a communications officer.
In August 2019, he announced the creation of his new party called Democratic Forces for Prosperity in Mali (FDP-Malikoura)[7] Thiam is widely considered the youngest person ever to have been elected to the Malian parliament.
According to Deutsche Welle, Thiam "is the youngest member of parliament in Mali's history", and is working "to give young people more of a say" in politics.