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Mamadou Sow
Born	1956
Allegiance	Armed Forces of Senegal
Years of service	1977-2017
Rank	Army general (France)
Awards	Croix de la Valeur Militaire
Alma mater	École de cavalerie, Saumur École nationale des officiers d’active École supérieure de Guerre Terre

Mamadou Sow (born 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.

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 No. 2 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 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)

Foreign decorations

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.

See also

• Armed Forces of Senegal

References

1. "CEMA : visite officielle du général Sow, chef d'état-major des armées du Sénégal". www.defense.gouv.fr (in French). Ministère des Armées. 27 February 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
2. "Dakar Hosts African Land Forces Summit". sn.usembassy.gov. U.S. Embassy Dakar. 10 February 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
3. "REVISTA ESPAÑOLA DE DEFENSA" (PDF). www.defensa.gob.es. 31 (in Spanish). Vol. 354. October 2018. p. 39.
4. "Letter dated 4 April 2012 from the Permanent Representatives of Australia and Uruguay to the United Nations addressed to the President of the General Assembly". undocs.org (document). United Nations. 3 May 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
5. "Sénégal : Voici le curriculum vitae du nouveau Chef d'État-Major général des Armées ,le Général Mamadou Sow". dakaractu.com (in French). 30 October 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
6. "Le Général Mamadou Sow nommé ambassadeur en Espagne". www.dakarposte.com (in French). 11 January 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
7. "Madrid: Intentan linchar a embajador de Senegal tras muerte de ambulante". elcomercio.pe (in Spanish). 16 March 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
8. "AMBASSADOR OF SENEGAL PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZATION (UNWTO)". www.unwto.org. World Tourism Organization. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
9. "Ces personnalités refusent de déclarer leur patrimoine…". seneweb.com (in French). 2 August 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
10. Badet, Gilles; Damiba, Luc; Engueléguélé, Stéphane; Gaima, Emmanuel; Iwuamadi, Chijioke; Ndiaye, Semou; Williams, Shine (2016). "6" (PDF). Effectiveness of Anti-Corruption Agencies in West Africa Benin, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone (Report). African Minds. p. 243. ISBN 978-1-928331-45-2. Retrieved 26 October 2021.

• "Cérémonie d'adieu du Cemga : Mamadou Sow laisse ses "nogas" à Cheikh Guèye". dakarexpress.net (in French). 1 December 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2021.

• 1956 births
• Senegalese military personnel
• Living people