Abass Dembélé Explained

Abass Dembélé
Office:Governor of Mopti Region
Term Start:December 2020
Predecessor:Sidi Alassane Touré
Battles:Mali War
Rank:Colonel-Major
Awards:National Order of Mali (2014)

Abass Dembélé is a colonel-major in the Malian Armed Forces and has been governor of Mopti Region since 2020.

Biography

Dembélé is the son of colonel Koké Dembélé, the former chancellor of the National Order of Mali.[1] He was trained in France and the United States, studying counter-terrorism. In 2012, he held the rank of commander and led the 61st Infantry Regiment from Sévaré. During the 2012 Tuareg rebellion, Didier Dacko put Dembélé at the head of a group of volunteer commandos and a company of Malian special forces.[2] These forces played a key role in Malian victory at the Battle of Konna, where Dembélé was injured but remained at the front.[3] [4]

Dembélé was responsible for the arrest and imprisonment of Amadou Sanogo, who led the 2012 Malian coup d'état, on November 27, 2013.[5] Dembélé received the National Order of Mali in February 2014.[6] In late 2015, he graduated from the Ecole de Guerre in France.[7] In 2016, he was promoted to the Koulikoro Military School of Administration, and then appointed commander of Tombouctou Region in 2017.[8] [9] He served in Timbuktu until 2019.[10]

In January 2020, Dembélé joined the team of the High Representative of the Head of State of Mali, supervised by Dioncounda Traoré.[11] In December 2020, he was appointed governor of Mopti Region.[12] [13] He was forced to flee the region after massive protests broke out against his administration in June 2022.[14] Dembélé was present at the ceremony marking the end of MINUSMA in Mopti Region.[15]

References

  1. Web site: Page d'accueil . 2024-02-23 . Afribone.
  2. Web site: 2013-02-20 . Les forces spéciales maliennes, laboratoire d'une armée en rénovation . 2024-02-23 . L'Express . fr.
  3. Web site: Guerre contre le terrorisme: Les dessous de la bataille de Konna . 2024-02-23 . malijet.com . en.
  4. Web site: Armée malienne : Les « durs » de la force speciale. . 2024-02-23 . abamako.com.
  5. Web site: 2013-11-27 . Le général Amadou Sanogo, auteur du putsch de 2012, arrêté à Bamako . 2024-02-23 . France 24 . fr.
  6. Web site: convert . 2024-02-23 . archive.wikiwix.com.
  7. Web site: Order of November 27, 2015 granting the higher military studies certificate . 2024-02-23 . archive.wikiwix.com.
  8. Web site: redactiontamani . 2017-09-19 . TOMBOUCTOU : le colonel Abbas Dembelé, nouveau commandant de la zone de défense . 2024-02-23 . Studio Tamani - Informations, débats, magazines : toute l’actualité du Mali, en 5 langues . fr-FR.
  9. Web site: Armée malienne, l'homme à la place qu'il faut : Enfin IBK se réveille ! . 2024-02-23 . aBamako.com.
  10. Web site: Le Colonel Boubacar Niansary Sanogo prend le commandement de la 5ème zone de défense (Tombouctou) . 2024-02-23 . malijet.com . en.
  11. Web site: Triomphe . Le . 2020-01-25 . maliweb.net - Pour le retour de la paix au centre : Le Haut représentant du chef de l'Etat Dioncounda Traore à pied d'œuvre . 2024-02-23 . maliweb.net . fr-FR.
  12. Web site: Makadji . Mamadou . January 26, 2021 . Mali : Reprise des cours à Mopti : Des écoles sillonnées par le gouverneur . February 23, 2024 . Maliactu.
  13. Web site: Bourse de l'emploi et de la formation professionnelle à Bandiagara : Les raisons du choix judicieux de la tenue de cette 3e édition dans une région en souffrance… Bamada.net . 2024-02-23 . en-US.
  14. Web site: June 20, 2022 . Remous sociaux a Mopti: des jeunes ayant reclame le depart du gouverneur, Colonel Major Abass Dembele contraints du fuir . February 23, 2022 . Maliactu . February 23, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240223235810/https://maliactu.net/remous-sociaux-a-mopti-des-jeunes-ayant-reclame-le-depart-du-gouverneur-colonel-major-abass-dembele-contraints-de-fuir/ . dead .
  15. Web site: 2023-12-11 . Rétrocession du Camp de la MINUSMA à Mopti : Un pas Majeur vers la Souveraineté des Forces Armées Maliennes . 2024-02-23 . MALI24 . fr-FR.

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