Abass Dembélé
Abass Dembélé | |
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| Governor of Mopti Region | |
| Assumed office December 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Sidi Alassane Touré |
| Personal details | |
| Awards | National Order of Mali (2014) |
| Military service | |
| Rank | Colonel-Major |
| Battles/wars | Mali War |
Abass Dembélé is a colonel-major in the Malian Armed Forces and has been governor of Mopti Region since 2020.
Biography[edit]
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.[1][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[edit]
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- ^ "Les forces spéciales maliennes, laboratoire d'une armée en rénovation". L'Express (in French). 2013-02-20. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
- ^ "Guerre contre le terrorisme: Les dessous de la bataille de Konna". malijet.com. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
- ^ "Armée malienne : Les « durs » de la force speciale". abamako.com. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
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- ^ "Order of November 27, 2015 granting the higher military studies certificate". archive.wikiwix.com. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
- ^ redactiontamani (2017-09-19). "TOMBOUCTOU : le colonel Abbas Dembelé , nouveau commandant de la zone de défense". Studio Tamani - Informations, débats, magazines : toute l’actualité du Mali, en 5 langues (in French). Retrieved 2024-02-23.
- ^ "Armée malienne, l'homme à la place qu'il faut : Enfin IBK se réveille !". aBamako.com. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
- ^ "Le Colonel Boubacar Niansary Sanogo prend le commandement de la 5ème zone de défense (Tombouctou)". malijet.com. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
- ^ 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". maliweb.net (in French). Retrieved 2024-02-23.
- ^ Makadji, Mamadou (January 26, 2021). "Mali : Reprise des cours à Mopti : Des écoles sillonnées par le gouverneur". Maliactu. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
- ^ "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". Retrieved 2024-02-23.
- ^ "Remous sociaux a Mopti: des jeunes ayant reclame le depart du gouverneur, Colonel Major Abass Dembele contraints du fuir". Maliactu. June 20, 2022. Archived from the original on February 23, 2024. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
- ^ "Rétrocession du Camp de la MINUSMA à Mopti : Un pas Majeur vers la Souveraineté des Forces Armées Maliennes". MALI24 (in French). 2023-12-11. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
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