Babacar Gaye

Babacar Gaye (born 31 January 1951) is a Senegalese Army General who formerly led the United Nations MINUSCA peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic from July 2014 to August 2015, when he was dismissed for alleged abuses committed by troops under his command. Gaye previously the led UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, led Senegalese troops in the Gulf War, served as the head of Senegalese external intelligence, and served as the Senegalese ambassador to Germany.

Education

Babacar Gaye attended military courses at war colleges and military schools in France and Belgium, including the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr in France (1970-1972). He joined the École Supérieure de Guerre in Paris in 1986 and graduated in 1988.

Career From July 1974 to February 1975, Gaye served in the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF), deployed to the Sinai in Egypt to supervise the ceasefire after the Yom Kippur War.

From 1993 to 1994, Gaye served as Director of Information and Public Relations for the Government of Senegal. From 1994 to 1997, he served as the Director of the , also known as the Directorate of Documentation and External Security.

By this point, Gaye had led an extensive and distinguished military career, having served, among other positions, as Chief of Military Region from November 1997 to May 2000. During the same time period, he also served as Ambassador to the OPEP and United Nations Office at Vienna.

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Personal life

General Gaye is the son of former Secretary General of the OIC and Foreign Minister of Senegal Amadou Karim Gaye. He is married with two children.