Chief of the General Staff (Senegal)

Chief of the General Staff
Chefs d'État-Major général des armées
Incumbent
Mbaye Cissé
since 6 April 2023
Armed Forces of Senegal
StyleSir
Reports toMinister of Defense
ResidenceDakar
SeatDakar
AppointerPresident of Senegal
Term lengthNo fixed length
Constituting instrumentConstitution of Senegal
PrecursorChief of Staff of the Federation of Mali
Formation1960
First holderAmadou Fall
WebsiteOfficial website

The Chief of the Defense Staff (French: Chefs d'État-Major général des armées) is the professional head of the Armed Forces of Senegal. He/she is responsible for the administration and the operational control of the military of Senegal. The current chief is General of Air Corps Mbaye Cissé.

Duties

He is responsible for the preparation of military plans and operations:

  • General Staff
  • Directorate of Military Security;
  • Department of Information and Public Relations

He directly exercises his authority over:

  • Chief of the Army Staff
  • Chief of Staff of the Navy
  • Chief of Staff of the Air Force
  • Military zone commanders

The directors of the specialized services departments placed for employment with him are:

  • Engineering Management
  • Material Department (DIRMAT)
  • Direction of Transmissions (DIRTRANS);
  • Stewardship Department (DIRINT);
  • Armed Forces Health Directorate (DSA)

List

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 General
Amadou Fall 		1960 1960 0 years [1][2]
2 Colonel
Abdoulaye Soumaré [fr]
(1905–1964) 		1960 19 August 1960 0 years [2]
3 Colonel
Idrissa Fall [fr]
(born 1932) 		20 August 1960 1962 1–2 years [2]
4 Major general
Jean Alfred Diallo [fr]
(1911–2006) 		17 December 1962 30 June 1972 9 years, 196 days [2]
(3) Colonel
Idrissa Fall [fr]
(born 1932) 		1 July 1972 30 June 1984 11 years, 365 days [2]
5 General
Joseph Louis Tavarez de Souza 		1 July 1984 31 May 1988 3 years, 335 days [2]
6 General of air corps
Mamadou Mansour Seck [fr] 		31 May 1988 30 June 1993 5 years, 30 days [2]
7 General
Mouhamadou Lamine Keita [fr] 		30 June 1993 30 June 1996 3 years [2]
8 General of the army
Lamine Cissé [fr]
(1939–2019) 		1 July 1996 31 December 1997 1 year, 183 days [2]
9 Major general
Mamadou Seck [fr] 		1 January 1998 30 April 2000 2 years, 120 days [2]
10 Lieutenant general
Babacar Gaye
(born 1951) 		1 May 2000 12 August 2003 3 years, 103 days [2]
11 Lieutenant general
Papa Khalilou Fall [fr]
(born 1947) 		12 August 2003 31 May 2006 2 years, 292 days [2]
12 Lieutenant general
Abdoulaye Fall [fr]
(born 1952) 		1 June 2006 30 October 2012 6 years, 151 days [2]
13 General
Mamadou Sow
(born 1956) 		30 October 2012 31 December 2016 4 years, 62 days [2]
14 General
Cheikh Gueye [fr]
(born 1960) 		1 January 2017 31 December 2019 3 years, 364 days [2]
15 General of air corps
Birame Diop 		1 January 2020 1 April 2021 1 year, 90 days [2][3]
16 Army corps general
Cheikh Wade 		1 April 2021 6 April 2023 2 years, 5 days [2][4]
17 General of air corps
Mbaye Cissé 		6 April 2023 Incumbent 1 year, 271 days [5]

References

  1. ^ Gaye, Khalifa Ababacar. "AUJOURD'HUI : 12 avril 1963, le général Amadou Fall est radié de l'armée pour sa proximité avec Mamadou Dia". Senenews - Actualité Politique, Économie, Sport au Sénégal (in French). Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Anciens CEMGA". Etat-Major Général des Armées (in French). Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  3. ^ "SENEGAL : New chief of staff Birame Diop to give air force a lift - 04/12/2019 - West Africa Newsletter". Africa Intelligence. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  4. ^ Faye, Ayoba (1 April 2021). "Installation du nouveau CEMGA Cheikh Wade: un Commando prend la tête des "Jambaars"". pressafrik.com (in French). Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Sénégal: le général Mbaye Cissé nouveau chef d'état-major des armées". RFI (in French). 7 April 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.