• 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, 8^th Company, Bafang
  • 1/04/1967 : Head of Section, 6^th 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, 4^th/43^rd  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 3^rd Bureau at the Army Headquarters
  • 08/09/1994 : Head of 2^nd 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