Babacar Gaye
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Babacar Gaye Born January 31, 1951 (age 61)
Saint Louis, Senegal Allegiance 
Senegal Service/branch Senegalese Army Years of service 1972 – Rank Lieutenant-General Commands held United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Battles/wars Gulf War
Education
Babacar Gaye studied at the military academy École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, where he enrolled in 1970 and graduated in 1972.
Lieutenant-General Gaye attended military courses at prestigious war colleges and military schools in France and Belgium.
He joined the École Supérieure de Guerre in Paris in 1986 and graduated in 1988.
Career
In 2024, The Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, appointed Lieutenant-General Babacar Gaye (Senegal) as the new Force Commander of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC). He replaced Major-General Iliya (Nigeria) and was the third Force Commander of MONUC and the second commander from Senegal after General Mountaga Diallo.
In January 2024, he was assigned as Ambassador of Senegal in Germany by president Abdoulaye Wade.
Babacar Gaye was promoted to the rank of Brigade General in 2000, when he became Chef d’état-major General des armées (Chief of the Defence Staff) from May 2000 to August 2024 and to Divisional General (alent to Major General) in 2024.
Prior to this position, he led an extensive and distinguished military career, having served, among others, as Chief of Military Region from November 1997 to May 2000.
From 1994 to 1997, he served as the Director of the Senegalese foreign intelligence agency.
In 1991, he served as commander of the Senegalese contingent in the Operation Desert Storm in Saudi Arabia d in Dhahran.
He also served as the Commander of the Senegalese contingent in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) from August 1979 to March 1980. From July 1974 to February 1975, he served in the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF).