Colonel Abdourahmane Dieng

Born  in  1964,  in  Dakar,  Senegal,  Colonel  Abdourahmane  DIENG  was  trained  at the  Royal  Military  Academy  of  Meknes,  Morocco,  and  the  Superior  Course  of  the Gendarmerie in Melun, France.
From an Academic perspective, Colonel DIENG is a specialist in criminal sciences, holding five Masters Degrees in the areas of Law, Political Science, Security, Diplomacy and Strategy. He is presently completing a PhD in Political science.
Colonel DIENG has a total of more than 31 years of active service, having spent  five years as  Legal  Adviser  in  the  Senegalese  Ministry  of  Armed  Forces  and Permanent Secretary of the Senegalese National Committee on Small Arms, he was appointed to the ECOWAS Commission in 2005, as Programme Officer for Small Arms where he  played  a  key  role  on  the  development and  implementation  of  the ECOWAS Convention on Small Arms and Light Weapons. 
In  October  2008,  Colonel  DIENG  became  the  Head  of  the  Regional  Security Division  of  the  ECOWAS  Commission.  As such, he was in charge of the development and implementation of regional strategies on Counter-terrorism and Border Security, Security Sector Governance/Reform, and Maritime Safety and Security. He was also the Permanent Secretary of the West African Police Chief Committee (WAPCCO) as  well  as  the  Coordinator of  the  ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Security Services (CCSS) for six years. He coordinated on behalf of ECOWAS the Yaoundé Process and was also the Chairman of the Interregional Working Group for the setting up of the Interregional Coordination Center.

Since  October  2014,  Colonel  has been serving as the  Interim  Executive  Director  of  the Interregional Coordination Center (CIC) of Yaoundé, Cameroon.