Background and career
Bah Ndaw (also spelled N'Daw, N'Dah, and N'Daou; born 23 August 1950) is a Malian retired military officer and politician who served as the interim president of Mali from 2020 to 2021, when he was deposed in a coup. He previously served as the Minister of Defense and Veterans Affairs in the government of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta from 2014 to 2015.
Ndaw was born on 23 August 1950 in San, Mali. He joined the Malian Armed Forces as a volunteer in 1973 and graduated from the Joint Military School (EMIA) in Koulikoro the same year. In 1974 he was sent to the Soviet Union to receive helicopter training.

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