Babacar Gaye

Babacar Gaye ( born January 31, 1951 in Saint- Louis, Senegal) is a Senegalese officer, Lieutenant-General today. He was from 2005-2010 military leader of MONUC in the Congo and in 2012 took over the leadership of UNSMIS in Syria. Babacar Gaye is the son of the former Secretary General of the OIC, and former Foreign Minister of Senegal Amadou Karim Gaye.

Gaye attended from 1970 to 1972 the École Spéciale Militaire de Saint- Cyr, went through various training programs at institutions in the French and Belgian military and from 1986 to 1988 at the École Supérieure de Guerre in Paris.

From August 1979 to March 1980 he commanded the Senegalese UNIFIL contingent and served from July 1974 to February 1975 in the UNEF. During Operation Desert Storm in 1991 was Gaye commander stationed in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Senegal quota and from 1994 to 1997 director of the Senegalese intelligence. In 2000 he was as Chef d' état ​​- major general of Armées promoted to brigadier general. His promotion to Divisional General took place in 2002. In January 2004, he was named by President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany. The then UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed the meantime to Lieutenant General Gaye appointed in March 2005, the military leader of MUNOC. He led the mission until October 2008. In November 2008, he again took command and gave it off in August 2010. Then Gaye was appointed in New York by UN Secretary General Ban Ki -Moon to Military Advisor for Peacekeeping Operations at the UN headquarters. On July 20, 2012, he took over the management of UNSMIS by the Norwegian Major General Robert Mood.