M'Mahawa Sylla

M'Mahawa Sylla
Governor of Conakry
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 September 2021
Preceded byMathurin Bangoura
Personal details
BornGuinea
Military service
Allegiance Guinea
Branch/serviceRepublic of Guinea Armed Forces
Years of service1985–present
RankBrigadier general

M'Mahawa Sylla is a Guinean army officer.

She is the one and only woman to have reached the rank of general since the creation of the Guinean army in 1960.[1]

Since September 10, 2021, she has been the governor of the city of Conakry.[2]

Education

M'Mahawa Sylla studied in Guinea and graduated with a higher education diploma in economics and management from the Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry. She graduated from the CISD of the Higher Defense College in Beijing in 2014.

Officer career

Captain of the Guinean women's handball team, M'Mahawa Sylla was chosen by the Guinean army to join the Sports Association of the Armed Forces of Guinea (Asfag) in 1985.

She participated in the United Nations mission in Côte d'Ivoire called ONUCI.

In 2013, she became a colonel in the army. From the end of 2017 to September 2021, she was the Deputy Secretary General of the National Defense Council.

Governor

After the coup d'état of September 5, 2021 by the CNRD, Brigadier General M'Mahawa Sylla was appointed to the post of governor of the city of Conakry, replacing General Mathurin Bangoura, in office since 2016.[3]

Awards and recognition

  • 2021: First female brigadier general.[4]
  • 2021: First female governor of the city of Conakry.[5]
  • 2022: Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Urgent: la première femme Général de l'armée guinéenne devient Gouverneur de Conakry". Mosaiqueguinee.com (in French). 2021-09-10. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  2. ^ cirey.balde (2021-09-10). "Le Général de brigade M'Mahawa Sylla nommé gouverneur de la ville de Conakry". Vision Guinee (in French). Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  3. ^ "Gouvernorat de Conakry : Le général Mathurin remplacé par le général M'Mahawa Sylla". Guinée - Actualités - Guinee360 - Actualité En Guinée (in French). 2021-09-10. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  4. ^ https://earthguinea.org/fete-des-femmes-alpha-conde-sur-legalite-des-sexes-le-mariage-precoce-et-lexcision-des-filles/
  5. ^ "Qui est générale Mahawa Sylla, la nouvelle femme forte de Conakry? | ACTU-ELLES" (in French). Retrieved 2021-09-16.
  6. ^ DCI (2022-11-04). "𝗗𝗲́𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 : 𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗳 𝗱𝗲 𝗹'𝗘́𝘁𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲́𝘀 𝗰𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀". Présidence de la République de Guinée (in French). Retrieved 2022-11-22.