Chief of the General Staff (Senegal)

The Chief of the Defense Staff () is the professional head of the Armed Forces of Senegal. They are responsible for the administration and the operational control of the military of Senegal. The current chief is Vice Admiral Oumar Wade.

Duties They are responsible for the preparation of military plans and operations:

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

They directly exercises their 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 them are: Engineering Management Material Department (DIRMAT) Direction of Transmissions (DIRTRANS); Stewardship Department (DIRINT); Armed Forces Health Directorate (DSA)

List Portrait Name Term of office Took office Left office Time in office 1 GeneralAmadou Fall 1960 1960 years 2 Colonel 1960 19 August 1960 years 3 Colonel 20 August 1960 1962 years 4 Major general 17 December 1962 30 June 1972 (3) Colonel 1 July 1972 30 June 1984 5 GeneralJoseph Louis Tavarez de Souza 1 July 1984 31 May 1988 6 General of air corps 31 May 1988 30 June 1993 7 General 30 June 1993 30 June 1996 years 8 General of the army 1 July 1996 31 December 1997 9 Major general 1 January 1998 30 April 2000 10 Lieutenant generalBabacar Gaye 1 May 2000 12 August 2003 11 Lieutenant general 12 August 2003 31 May 2006 12 Lieutenant general 1 June 2006 30 October 2012 13 GeneralMamadou Sow 30 October 2012 31 December 2016 14 General 1 January 2017 31 December 2019 15 General of air corpsBirame Diop 1 January 2020 1 April 2021 16 Army corps generalCheikh Wade 1 April 2021 6 April 2023 17 General of air corpsMbaye Cissé 6 April 2023 12 February 2026 18 Vice admiralOumar Wade 12 February 2026 Incumbent

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