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Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow

Director-General of UNESCO

Died when: 103 years 187 days (1242 months)
Star Sign: Pisces

 

Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow

Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, GCIH (born 20 March 1921) was a Senegalese retired civil servant and former Director-General of UNESCO.Born in Dakar, 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.

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.

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