Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow | |
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Director-General of UNESCO | |
In office 1974–1987 | |
Preceded by | René Maheu |
Succeeded by | Federico Mayor Zaragoza |
Personal details | |
Born | Dakar, French West Africa (now Senegal) | 20 March 1921
Died | 24 September 2024 Dakar, Senegal | (aged 103)
Education | Sorbonne University |
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Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow GCIH (20 March 1921 – 24 September 2024) was a Senegalese civil servant and Director-General of UNESCO. M'bow served in France and North Africa during World War II after volunteering for the French Army, also serving with the Free French, and finally in the French Air Force.[1] After the end of the war, he studied geography at the Sorbonne University in Paris. He served at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris from 1953 to 1987.