User:Hk5183/Mamadou Sow (General)

Mamadou Sow, born in 1956, is a Senegalese General. He was the Chief of the General Staff in the Senegalese Military, from October 29, 2012 to December 31, 2016. He was a Divisional general since July 2, 2012. He was the first Chief of the General Staff to come from the École nationale des officiers d’active (ENOA).

Education
General Mamadou Sow has a Baccalaureate degree – DUEL 1 im History. Entering the service in 1977 at the École nationale des sous-Officiers d’Active, he was then admitted into the École nationale des Officiers d’Active (ENOA) in Thiès, created July 8,  1981, from which he graduated as a major. At this time, the school was led by the first "Kélétigui" (school commandant) Mouhamadou Lamine Keita and Babacar Gaye was the promotion Director.

Graduating as a Lieutenant, he took the Junior officer development program at the École d'application de l'arme blindée cavalerie of Saumur. He then became a trainee at the ABC Captain's Course, in the U.S., and got a certificate for a General Staff course taken there. He received credit from the École supérieure de Guerre Terre in Nigéria.

Junior Officer

 * From 27/08/1983 to 01/09/1985, he was Section Commander of the 8th Compagnie des Fusiliers Voltigeurs of the 5th Infantry Battalion
 * From 01/09/1985 to 01/07/1988, he was Platoon Commander of the Armored Battalion lead by Babacar Gaye from 1984 to 1986
 * From 01/07/1988 to 01/02/1990, he was Section Commander of l’ENOA
 * From 01/02/1990 to 01/08/1992, he was Unit Commander of the 2nd CRA of the 24th Reconnaissance and Support Battalion (Bataillon de reconnaissance et d'appui)
 * From 01/08/1992 to 16/09/1993, he was Unit Commander of the 2nd CRA of the 25th Reconnaissance and Support Battalion (Bataillon de reconnaissance et d'appui) of Bignona (30 km North of Ziguinchor)
 * From 15/10/1994 to 01/08/1995, he was il est Chargé de l’Expédition des Affaires courantes of the 25th Reconnaissance and Support Battalion (Bataillon de reconnaissance et d'appui)

Officier supérieur

 * From 01/08/1995 to 16/09/1996, he was a unit commander de l’ECS du Bataillon des blindés


 * From 16/09/1996 to 16/09/1997, he was Head of the Training Operations Office of the Armored Battalion


 * From 16/09/1997 to 16/08/2000, he was Chef de Corps of the 25th Reconnaissance and Support Battalion (Bataillon de reconnaissance et d'appui)
 * From 16/08/2000 to 01/07/2002, Head of the Personnel Division of the État-Major général des Armées under the command of Chief of the General Staff (Senegal) Babacar Gaye.


 * On 31 december 2002, he was the first inscribed on the promotion list for the year 2003 for the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the same promotion as Cheikh Bara Cissokho and Papa Farba Sarr.


 * From 01/09/2003 to 01/05/2004, he was the Ministry of Armed Forces Technical Employment Inspector at the Chef d'état-major de l'armée de terre (Sénégal) Bakary Seck


 * From 01/06/2004 to 01/07/2005, he was Inspecteur « Terre » de l’Inspection général des forces armées (Sénégal) under the command of Antou Pierre Ndiaye


 * From 01/07/2005 to 16/03/2006, he was Deputy Operations commander of Military zone (Sénégal) under the command of colonel Alioune Ndoye from 2005 to 2007.


 * From 16/03/2006 to 16/07/2008, he was Commander of military Zone (Ziguinchor)


 * On 29 october 2012, he was named Chef d'état-major général des armées by the president Macky Sall, of which position he is the 12th, replacing General Abdoulaye Fall admitted in the second section.

United Nations
From 16/09/1993 to 15/10/1994, he was a United Nations Observer in the United Nations Observer Mission Uganda–Rwanda in Uganda (UNOMUR). From 01/07/2002 to 01/09/2003, he was a United Nations Observer in the United Nations Iraq–Kuwait Observation Mission between Iraq and Kuwait (UNIKOM). He was Section Commander in the Congo in the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). He was Force Chief of Staff of the United Nations–African Union Mission in Darfur, (UNAMID) He was considered for the position of joint-commander of the United Nations Organisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO).

Other experience
He participated in a seminar "Netherlands Defense Orientations Courses" in the Netherlands. He also participated in the in the training mission of the 1st Senegalese Battalion of the African Crisis Response Initiative force. . After retiring from the Army, he became Senegal's ambassador to Spain

Decorations and Awards
Mamadou Sow has received the following decorations:

Senegalese decorations

 * Senegalese: - Cross of Military Valour (Croix de la Valeur Militaire)

Commemorative Medals

 * U.N. Medals
 * (Uganda - UNOMER)
 * (Democratic Republic of the Congo - MONUSCO)
 * (Sudan - UNAMID)
 * (Kuwait - UNIKOM)
 * (Angola - UNAVEM)

Controversies
He has been suspected of possible corruption after refusing to report his financial assets.

Related articles

 * Armed Forces of Senegal