President of the Transitional Council of the State of Azawad
In office 6 April 2012 – 12 July 2012
Vice President
Mahamadou Djeri Maïga
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Position abolished
General Secretary of the MNLA
Incumbent
Assumed office October 2011
Preceded by
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Personal details
Born
1977 (age 46–47) Kidal Region, Mali
Nationality
Azawadi
Bilal Ag Acherif (Arabic: بلال أغ الشريف) (born 1977 in Kidal Region, Mali,[1] last name alternatively spelled Cherif)[2] is the Secretary-General of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) and president of a briefly independent Azawad.[3][4]
He was president of Azawad from April to July of 2012 before the Malian Armed Forces recaptured many cities and Azawad collapsed.
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BilalAgAcherif (Arabic: بلال أغ الشريف) (born 1977 in Kidal Region, Mali, last name alternatively spelled Cherif) is the Secretary-General of the National...
"irrevocably" the independence of Azawad from Mali. In Gao on the same day, BilalAgAcherif, the secretary-general of the movement, signed the Azawadi declaration...
15 June 2012, and he was replaced by BilalAgAcherif. Aghaly is a former teacher and businessman. "Mahmoud Ag Aghaly "give us independence and it will...
movement is BilalAgAcherif. The spokesman for the MNLA's political wing is Hama Ag Mahmoud. Following the independence declaration, Mahmoud Ag Aghaly was...
and were reportedly joined by some Arab leaders. The MNLA's leader BilalAgAcherif said that the onus was on Mali to either give the Saharan peoples their...
June, with both sides firing heavy weapons. MNLA Secretary General BilalagAcherif was wounded in the attack. After being extricated from the fighting...
that escalated into a full-scale battle. The MNLA Secretary General BilalAgAcherif was wounded in the battle that also killed four colonels. The MNLA's...
peuple pour l’Azawad), in March 2014, after a fallout with MNLA leader BilalAgAcherif. Assaleh has served as member of the National Assembly of Mali for...
of marginalisation within Mali. The Secretary-General of the MNLA, BilalagAcherif, signed the declaration in Gao, the site of the largest Malian military...
in July 2022, Alghabass succeeded BilalAgAcherif as president of the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA). Acherif and Alghabass took turns in the role...
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MOJWA, with both sides firing heavy weapons. MNLA Secretary General BilalagAcherif was wounded in the battle. The MNLA were soon driven from the city...
Ould Hamaha were killed, while Mokhtar Belmokhtar fled to Libya and Iyad ag Ghali fled to Algeria. The operation is named after the serval, a medium-sized...
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become tense with MNLA, when the general secretary of the movement, BilalAgAcherif, ordered the looters to return the stolen goods.[excessive citations]...
for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, the MNLA's secretary general, BilalAgAcherif, declared Azawad an independent state on 6 April 2012. The Wall Street...
MOJWA began fighting in the city of Gao, resulting in an injury to BilalagAcherif, the MNLA Secretary General, and a retreat of MNLA from the city and...
palace and MNLA Secretary General BilalAgAcherif's residence, as well as taking 40 MNLA soldiers prisoner. AgAcherif was wounded in the fighting and...
and the head of the MNLA, BilalAgAcherif, over negotiations with the Malian government. Assaleh also disputed with Acherif over the latter's preference...
on 12 July Head of State – Mahmoud Ag Aghaly, President of the Executive Committee of Azawad (2012) BilalAgAcherif, Chairman of the Interim Council of...
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