Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow

Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow GCIH
M'Bow in 1974
Director-General of UNESCO
In office 1974–1987
Preceded by	René Maheu
Succeeded by	Federico Mayor Zaragoza
Personal details
Born	(1921-03-20)20 March 1921 Dakar, French West Africa (now Senegal)
Died	24 September 2024(2024-09-24) (aged 103) Dakar, Senegal
Education	Sorbonne University
Occupation	Politician diplomat educator

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.