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]
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]
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