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MAJOR GENERAL BABA SOULEY
Chief of Army Staff
Chef d'état-major de l'armée de Terre
Biography
- Civil status
Major General Baba Souley was born on 31 December 1945 in Yaoundé to El-Hadji Souley Garba and Yeria Salakou. He is married and has several children.
- Secondary and university education
- 12/05/1964 : Brevet d’études du premier cycle du second degré – BEPC (Francophone subsystem secondary school certificate) from Government High school Garoua
- 28/03/1972 : Baccalauréat (Francophone subsystem high school certificate), Series A, Philosophy and Literature (Montpellier – France)
- 13/07/1982 : Bachelor’s Degree in Public Law (University of Yaoundé)
- Military training
- 21/02/1966 : Special enlistment as a Reserve Officer Cadet (E.O.R.) for the duration of his training.
- 05/07/1966 : Reserve Officer-cadet Infantry training (Montpellier – France)
- 10/09/1971 : Commando Training Officer No. 1 Diploma (Mont-Louis – France)
- 1/09/1972 : Transferred to the Headquarters Brigade Command as a student at EMIAC (Combined Services Military Academy of Cameroon, later EMIA)
- 16/07/1981 : Captains’ course (EMIA)
- 29/06/1983 : DEM: Staff Diploma (sDEM) (EMIA)
- 30/06/1994 : Brevet d’études militaires supérieure – BEMS: Higher Military Studies Certificate (Collège Interarmées de Défense – CID, Paris, France)
- Successive ranks
- 1/07/1966 : Aspirant
- 1/01/196 9 : Sub-Lieutenant
- 1/07/1971 : Lieutenant
- 1/07/1976 : Captain
- 1/07/1983 : Major
- 1/07/1989 : Lieutenant-Colonel
- 1/07/1994 : Colonel
- 25/09/2001 : Brigadier General
- 11/03/2011 : Major General
- Positions held
- 1/09/1966 : Head of Section, 8th Company, Bafang
- 1/04/1967 : Head of Section, 6th Company, Bamenda
- 1/06/1968 : Instructor at the Army Training Centre (CIAT)
- 1/07/1971 : Training Officer at EMIAC
- 16/07/1972 : Commander, CEG/CCK (Koutaba)
- 1/08/1974 : Commander, 4th/43rd Battalion Company, Mamfe
- 19/08/1975 : Director of Training at the National Armed Forces Training and Development Centre (CPEFAN) at Ngaoundal
- 20/07/1981 : Chief of staff, Headquarters/Company Commander
- 20/07/1983 : Commander of the CPEFAN at Ngaoundal
- 21/11/1985 : Commander, Ngaoundéré Armed Forces Training Centre (CIFAN) / Sector Commander
- 21/10/1988 : Head of 3rd Bureau at the Army Headquarters
- 08/09/1994 : Head of 2nd Division at the Defence Headquarters
- 24/03/1997 : Commander of the National Fire Brigade
- 11/03/2011 : Incumbent Chief of Army Staff
- Awards
- Public Force Medal
- Knight of the Order of Valour
- Officer of the Order of Valour
- Commander of the Order of Valour
- Knight of the Cameroon Order of Merit
- Officer of the Cameroon Order of Merit
- Grand Cordon of the Cameroon Order of Merit
- Cross of Military Valour with citation/commendation