Momodou Alieu Bah

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Momodou Alieu Bah , short as MA Bah, (* 20th century) is a general and politician in the West African state of Gambia .

Life

Bah joined the Gambia National Army (GNA). Following the attempted coup in March 2006 against President Yahya Jammeh , Lieutenant Bah was arrested and sentenced to 25 years in prison for participating. He was pardoned in 2009 after testifying as a witness at Lang Tombong Tamba’s trial . He was reinstated in the Gambian Armed Forces , where he became Director of Finance. Bah was promoted to Colonel in September 2015. In September 2016, Interior Minister Ousman Sonko resigned and Jammeh appointed Bah as Sonko's successor as Interior Minister. As a result of the crisis following the presidential elections in Gambia in 2016 , Bah resigned from the Jammeh cabinet as interior minister on January 18, 2017. On January 27, Brigadier General Bah was revealed to have been reappointed Director of Finance, but he was later removed from the armed forces by President Adama Barrow on February 27, 2017.

Bah left the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction in September 2018 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b M.A. Bah resigns from APRC - The Point Newspaper, Banjul, The Gambia. In: thepoint.gm. Retrieved September 11, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Gambia: Four Army Generals Sworn-in . In: The Daily Observer (Banjul) . June 26, 2015 ( allafrica.com ).
  3. ↑ Gambia: Jammeh appoints pardoned coup plotter as Interior Minister. In: africanews.com. Africanews, September 19, 2016, accessed March 12, 2017 .
  4. ^ Ousman Sonko removed from Interior, Replaced by Momodou Alieu Bah - Foroyaa Newspaper. (No longer available online.) In: foroyaa.gm. September 20, 2016, archived from the original on March 1, 2017 ; Retrieved March 12, 2017 (UK 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 / www.foroyaa.gm
  5. ↑ Former Interior Minister bounces back as army finance director - The Point Newspaper, Banjul, The Gambia. In: thepoint.gm. January 27, 2017, accessed March 12, 2017 .
  6. ^ Four top army officials removed - The Point Newspaper, Banjul, The Gambia. In: thepoint.gm. February 28, 2017, accessed March 12, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Bah, Momodou Alieu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bah, MA (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian politician
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century