Choguel Kokalla Maïga (born 1958) is a Malian politician, who served as the 18th prime minister of Mali from 2021 until his firing by Interim President Assimi Goïta in November 2024.
In the legislative election of the same year he aligned himself with Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta's Rally for Mali party and with the National Congress for Democratic Initiative, both part of the larger Hope 2002 coalition.
With cotton and food subsidies in the developed world dramatically affecting the Malian economy, Maïga was quoted saying "[The US and EU] are like elephants fighting.
[8] In September 2021, at the podium of the United Nations General Assembly, Choguel Maïga accused France of having abandoned Mali by deciding to withdraw the Barkhane force.
[16] In February, 2022, the EU Council imposed personal sanctions on a group of Malian officials, including Prime Minister Maiga, citing their responsibility for obstructing and derailing a successful transition to an electoral democracy in Mali.
PM Maiga, in particular, was accused of having failed to adhere to a transition agreement by postponing presidential elections, thus keeping the junta in power beyond the agreed time.