Masaneh Kinteh

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Masaneh Kinteh (2011)

Masaneh Nyuku Kinteh (born August 13, 1968 in Sankwia ) is Lieutenant General in the West African state of Gambia . From February 2017 he has been Commander in Chief of the Gambian Armed Forces ( Chief of Defense Forces and of the Army of the Gambia; also Chief of Defense Staff, CDS ). He was also active as an ambassador for his country.

Life

Kinteh studied in the UK, where he completed his master’s degree, and then worked as a teacher from 1988 to 1990. His military career began in November 1990 when he passed British Army training for the selection of potential officer cadets. Kinteh officially joined the Gambian armed forces on March 15, 1991 and rose the ranks of officers. As Acting Chief of Staff of the Gambian Army ( Chief of Staff of the Gambian Army ), he was raised in December 2004 after the current incumbent Assan Sarr was appointed to the position of Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces (CDS). Kinteh was promoted to Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces by President Yahya Jammeh in 2009 . After the incumbent CDS, Lang Tombong Tamba , was removed from office on October 9, 2009, Kinteh took his position as commander in chief of the armed forces. Tamba was later sentenced to death on charges of treason. At the same time, Jammeh made Yankuba Drammeh Kinteh's deputy and was removed from this post shortly thereafter.

On July 6, 2012, Kinteh was removed from the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Jammeh Armed Forces after questioning him the week before by the Gambian intelligence agency, the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). Nothing was made public about the reasons for the dismissal; he was followed by Kinteh's deputy, Ousman Badjie . Kinteh was to get a post in the international service. There was irritation in the media as to whether his appointment to the foreign service was Gambian ambassador to Tunisia or ambassador to Cuba. Finally, on August 2, 2012, Kinteh was appointed Deputy Gambian Ambassador for the Mission in Cuba , and later he was Head of the Mission in Cuba.

In December 2016, several Gambian diplomats spoke out in favor of the newly elected President Adama Barrow , including Kinteh, and President Yahya Jammeh then dismissed all diplomats on January 10, 2017. The newly elected President Adama Barrow elected Kinteh as his military advisor on January 25, 2017, shortly after taking office.

Ousman Badjie initially remained in office after the change of government until he was replaced by Lieutenant General Kinteh in the function of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces at the end of February 2017.

On March 11, 2020 it was published that Lieutenant General Masanneh N. Kinteh had been dismissed from service with effect from March 5, but no official reason was given. His former Deputy Major General Yankuba A. Drammeh was installed as the new CDS. Kinte's release comes two days after returning from a trip to the United Nations in New York. The dismissal also comes amid allegations of corruption and nepotism on the part of Kinteh. He has been accused of having traveled to New York with a delegation of nine to eat over 1.5 million dalasi. According to the army spokesman, Kinteh has been transferred to the foreign service.

Web links

Commons : Masaneh Kinteh  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Confusion over ex-CDS Kinteh's appointment. In: Kibaaro News. August 9, 2012, accessed February 27, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Alhagie Jobe: Gambia's Ex-Army Chief Masanneh Kinteh named Military aide to President Barrow - The Fatu Network . In: The Fatu Network . January 25, 2017 ( fatunetwork.net ).
  3. ↑ a b Modou S. Joof: President Jammeh Removes Chief of Defense Lt. Gene. Kinteh. In: blogspot.de. thenorthbankeveningstandard.blogspot.de, July 9, 2012, accessed on February 27, 2017 .
  4. ↑ a b Alieu Darboe: Badjie Takes Over Army as Kinteh Relieved - Daily News from Gambia. (No longer available online.) In: dailynews.gm. July 9, 2012, archived from the original on February 2, 2017 ; accessed on February 27, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / dailynews.gm
  5. ↑ Gambia gets second army chief in 60 days. In: panapress.com. December 27, 2004, accessed February 27, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Jammeh Removed Army Chief. In: Kibaaro News. July 6, 2012, accessed February 27, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Cuba and Gambia to strengthen bilateral cooperation links - The Standard Newspaper . In: The Standard Newspaper . May 22, 2014 ( standard.gm ).
  8. ↑ Hatab Fadera: Masanneh Kinteh goes to Cuba as deputy chief of mission. Daily Observer, August 2, 2012, archived from the original on December 15, 2012 ; accessed on February 27, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Sam Phatey: Gambian diplomats abandon Jammeh. (No longer available online.) In: smbcgo.com. SMBC Gambia, December 20, 2016, archived from the original on February 5, 2017 ; accessed on February 27, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / smbcgo.com
  10. ↑ Sam Phatey: Gambia's President Jammeh fires nine more ambassadors. (No longer available online.) In: smbcgo.com. SMBC Gambia, January 10, 2017, archived from the original on February 5, 2017 ; accessed on February 27, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / smbcgo.com
  11. ↑ Musa Saidykhan: 11 Gambian Diplomats Want Jammeh To Accept Defeat . In: KAIRO NEWS . December 20, 2016 ( kaironews.com ).
  12. ↑ Pa Nderry M'Bai: Gambia: Breaking News: Lt. Gene. Masaneh Kinteh Is Gambia's Army Chief Of Defense Staff; Ousman Badjie Out! - Freedom Newspaper. In: freedomnewspaper.com. February 27, 2017. Retrieved February 27, 2017 (American English).
  13. ↑ Lamin Njie: Was Kinteh fired since last Thursday? Statement says top military leader's sacking took effect on 5 March. In: fatunetwork.net. 2020, accessed March 11, 2020 (American English).
  14. ↑ Pa Nderry Mbai: Breaking News: CDS Kinteh Removed. In: freedomnewspaper.com. 2020, accessed March 11, 2020 (American English).
  15. ↑ Masanneh Kinteh Sacked As Chief of Defense Staff. In: chronicle.gm. 2020, accessed March 12, 2020 (American English).
  16. ↑ Lamin Njie: 'Thank you for your service': President Barrow sacks army chief Masanneh Kinteh after three years in the role. In: fatunetwork.net. 2020, accessed March 11, 2020 (American English).
  17. ↑ Pa Nderry Mbai: Army Spokesman Says the Removed cds Kinteh has Been Redeployed to the Foreign Service! In: freedomnewspaper.com. 2020, accessed March 11, 2020 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME Kinteh, Masaneh
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kinteh, Masaneh Nyuku (full name); Kinteh, Masanneh (spelling variant)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian general and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Sankwia