Souleymane Sidibé

Souleymane Yacouba Sidibé (24 May 1949 – 29 January 2022), also known as Bébél, was a Malian diplomat and officer who served in several ministerial and ambassador positions between 1991 and 2004.

Early life Sidibé was born on May 24, 1949, in Bamako, then French Sudan. He graduated from the Joint Military School in Koulikoro with future Malian president Amadou Toumani Touré. Between 1984 and 1991, Sidibé served as the Malian ambassador to East Germany, Hungary, and Bulgaria with a residence in Berlin.

Political service Sidibé participated in the 1991 Malian coup d'état with ATT. Under the Transitional Committee for the Salvation of the People, squadron leader Sidibé served as Minister of Foreign Affairs between April 5 and August 26, 1991.

In 2001, Sidibé was appointed reporter of the UN-OAU commission for inter-Congolese dialogue during the height of the Second Congo War, leading to the signing of the Sun City Agreement. He became director of the Alioune Blondin Beye Peacekeeping School in May of that year. On October 1, 2010, Sidibé was promoted to major general. Malian Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maïga was in attendance.