Libya (1980-1988) Revolutionary Liberation Army of Azawad (1990-1995) Mali (1996-present) GATIA (2014-present)
Rank
Brigadier general Inspector General of the Malian Army (2019-2021) Governor of Kidal Region (2023-present)
Battles/wars
Lebanese Civil War Toyota War Tuareg rebellion (1990-1996) Sierra Leonean Civil War Tuareg rebellion (2007-2009)
Operation Djiguitugu
Mali War
Tinsalane ambush
Battle of Kidal (2012)
Second Battle of Anefif
Second Battle of Kidal
Fourth Battle of Gao
Battle of Kidal (2016)
Ménaka offensive
Battle of Andéramboukane (2022)
El Hadj Ag Gamou, born December 31, 1964, in Tidermène, Mali, is an Imghad Tuareg Malian division general. Gamou is currently the governor of Kidal Region since November 22, 2023, and has also been the head of his faction of Imghad Tuareg Self-Defense Group and Allies since the group's foundation.[1] Prior to his governorship, Gamou served in the Malian army, commanding Malian troops against Ansar Dine and the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) in the early stages of the Mali War.
^"Mali: Gamou, a general as uncontrollable as he is indispensable". The Africa Report.com. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
ElHadjAgGamou, born December 31, 1964, in Tidermène, Mali, is an Imghad Tuareg Malian division general. Gamou is currently the governor of Kidal Region...
Tuarges, Ag Bohada joined Libya's Islamic Legion in the 1980s like many other Tuaregs, and then joined the Malian Army. He served under ElHadjAgGamou during...
Malian forces commanded by Colonels Didier Dacko, ElHadjAgGamou, and Abderahman Ould Meydou and Mohamed Ag Bachir, a former Libyan army leader. This attack...
Both Ag Bibi and Ag Intalla were under Rally for Mali. The HCUA participated in clashes in Takellote, Kidal Region in 2017 against the ElHadjAgGamou-led...
Kel Adagh Tuaregs of Kidal Region took issue with the promotion of ElHadjAgGamou, an Imghad Tuareg; considered by Kel Adagh to be a servile class. This...
was under the control of Malian forces under the command of ElHadjAgGamou, Ould Meydou, Ag Cherif, Faisal, and Baba Ahmed. The capture of Tinsalak was...
Mohamed Ag Najem. A resident of Kidal stated he saw fifty GATIA fighters taken prisoner, and three wounded taken to Kidal hospital.Fahad Ag al-Mahmoud...
Malian army deployed 200 soldiers under the command of Colonel-Major ElHadjAgGamou. The jihadist forces were mainly from MUJAO, with some possibly al-Mulathamen...
attack. The victims were all relatives of ElHadjAgGamou, the commander of the Imghad Tuareg GATIA militia. Gamou assessed that the perpetrators of the...
announcing an end of hostilities between the two. GATIA troops led by ElHadjAgGamou entered Kidal in early 2016, sparking a battle with CMA forces in July...
fighters clashed with ISIL militants under the command of Amat Ag Assalate and Almahmoud Ag Akawkaw, in the Tabarde area of Mali's northern Ménaka Region...
two Gazelles, which fired a missile. Soldiers of the Tuareg groups under AgGamou Colonel also arrived as reinforcements. They opened fire with small arms...
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Libya (1980-1988)
Mali (1996-present)
GATIA (2014-present)