European Union Training Mission in Mali

{{Short description|EU force to train Mali's army and police}}

{{see also|Operation Serval|African-led International Support Mission to Mali}}

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| date = 17 January 2013 – 17 May 2024

| commanded_by = {{flagicon|ESP}} Brig. Gen. Santiago Fernandez Ortiz-Repiso

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EUTM Mali (European Union Training Mission in Mali) was a European Union multinational military training mission headquartered in Bamako, Mali.

22 EU member states (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden) along with 4 non-EU countries (Serbia, Georgia, Moldova, and Montenegro) were engaged in this mission and sent soldiers to the Republic of Mali.

EUTM Mali ended on 17 May 2024, with the participating forces redeploying to Europe the following day.{{cite press release |date=17 May 2024 |title=End of mandate EUTM Mali |url=https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/end-mandate-eutm-mali_en |location= |publisher=European External Action Service |access-date=1 June 2024}}

Mandates

Beginning in 2013, the Council adopted several decisions. According to these documents, EUTM Mali evolved towards its final nature. The most relevant ones were:

  • Council Decision 2013/34/CFSP:{{Citation|title=Council Decision 2013/34/CFSP of 17 January 2013 on a European Union military mission to contribute to the training of the Malian Armed Forces (EUTM Mali)|date=2013-01-18|url=http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2013/34(1)/oj/eng|issue=32013D0034|language=en|access-date=2019-01-25}}. EUTM Mali creation
  • Council Decision 2013/87/CFSP:{{Citation|title=Council Decision 2013/87/CFSP of 18 February 2013 on the launch of a European Union military mission to contribute to the training of the Malian Armed Forces (EUTM Mali)|date=2013-02-19|url=http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2013/87(1)/oj/eng|issue=32013D0087|language=en|access-date=2019-01-25}}. EUTM Mali mission launching
  • Council Decision 2014/220/CFSP:{{Citation|title=Council Decision 2014/220/CFSP of 15 April 2014 amending Decision 2013/34/CFSP on a European Union military mission to contribute to the training of the Malian Armed Forces (EUTM Mali)|date=2014-04-16|url=http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2014/220/oj/eng|issue=32014D0220|language=en|access-date=2019-01-25}}. 2nd mandate. EUTM Mali extension until 18 May 2016.
  • Council Decision 2016/446/CFSP:{{Citation|title=Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/446 of 23 March 2016 amending and extending Council Decision 2013/34/CFSP on a European Union military mission to contribute to the training of the Malian Armed Forces (EUTM Mali)|date=2016-03-24|url=http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2016/446/oj/eng|issue=32016D0446|language=en|access-date=2019-01-25}}. 3rd mandate. EUTM Mali extension until 18 May 2018.
  • Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/716:{{Citation|title=Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/716 of 14 May 2018 amending and extending Decision 2013/34/CFSP on a European Union military mission to contribute to the training of the Malian Armed Forces (EUTM Mali)|date=2018-05-16|url=http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2018/716/oj/eng|issue=32018D0716|language=en|access-date=2019-01-25}}. 4th mandate. EUTM Mali extension until 18 May 2020.
  • Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/434:{{Citation|title=Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/434 of 23 March 2020 amending Decision 2013/34/CFSP on a European Union military mission to contribute to the training of the Malian Armed Forces (EUTM Mali)|date=24 March 2020|url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec/2020/434/oj|issue=32020D0434|access-date=18 July 2023}}. 5th and last mandate. EUTM Mali extension until 18 May 2024.

Relationships

EUTM Mali had links with EUCAP Sahel Mali, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali and Operation Barkhane in the north of Mali, with which EUTM shared the same goal, to help Mali to free the north of its territory. Notwithstanding, EUTM Mali's mission was a mission of training and advice. After France, Germany, Belgium (in 2016), Czech Republic became in 2020 the leading nation of this mission.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

EU Mission Force Commander of EUTM Mali

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! Country !! Rank!! Name !! From !! Until

{{FRA}}Brigadier GeneralFrançois LecointreJan. 2013Aug. 2013
{{FRA}}Brigadier GeneralBruno GuibertAug. 2013Mar. 2014
{{FRA}}Brigadier GeneralMarc André RudkiewiczMar. 2014Oct. 2014
{{ESP}}Brigadier GeneralAlfonso García-Vaquero PradalOct. 2014July 2015
{{DEU}}Brigadier GeneralFranz Xaver PfrengleJuly 2015Dec. 2015
{{DEU}}Brigadier GeneralWerner Albl{{cite web |url=http://www.einsatz.bundeswehr.de/portal/a/einsatzbw/!ut/p/c4/LYvBCsIwEET_KJuAUvHW0B68iqD1IttmKYtpUuLWQvHjTaAzMDDzGHhCdsAvjygcA3p4QDfwuV9Vvzp6EYcPypYrvmUh7_eJZCO4l7MjNcRAUlIoCOccE0pMao5JfCFLSpkodtBp01hTHfQu86uPrW1vp0o3F3uFeZrqP2r_OYU!/ |title=Nächster deutscher General führt EUTM Mali |date=2016-01-03 |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205237/http://www.einsatz.bundeswehr.de/portal/a/einsatzbw/!ut/p/c4/LYvBCsIwEET_KJuAUvHW0B68iqD1IttmKYtpUuLWQvHjTaAzMDDzGHhCdsAvjygcA3p4QDfwuV9Vvzp6EYcPypYrvmUh7_eJZCO4l7MjNcRAUlIoCOccE0pMao5JfCFLSpkodtBp01hTHfQu86uPrW1vp0o3F3uFeZrqP2r_OYU!/ |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead |access-date=2020-03-14}}Dec. 2015Jul. 2016
{{BEL}}Brigadier GeneralEric Harvent{{cite web |url=http://www.einsatz.bundeswehr.de/portal/a/einsatzbw/!ut/p/c4/LYvBCoMwEET_KGuoUNqbwUs9emn1UlazyNKYSLoqSD--CTgDAzOPgR6SPW48oXDw6OAF3cj3YVfDbulN7L8oR6r4kZWcOyeSg-CZz5bUGDxJTiEvnHKKKCGqJURxmawxJqLYQlfo2uhrWZzSv8o0t7Yp9aV-mBaWea7-PVZL3A!!/ |title=EUTM Mali: Wechsel an der Spitze der Trainingsmission |work=Aktuelle Einsätze |publisher=Bundeswehr – PAO HQ EUTM MLI |date=2016-07-04 |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816082245/http://www.einsatz.bundeswehr.de/portal/a/einsatzbw/!ut/p/c4/LYvBCoMwEET_KGuoUNqbwUs9emn1UlazyNKYSLoqSD--CTgDAzOPgR6SPW48oXDw6OAF3cj3YVfDbulN7L8oR6r4kZWcOyeSg-CZz5bUGDxJTiEvnHKKKCGqJURxmawxJqLYQlfo2uhrWZzSv8o0t7Yp9aV-mBaWea7-PVZL3A!!/ |archive-date=2016-08-16 |url-status=dead |access-date=2020-03-14}}July 2016Dec. 2016
{{BEL}}

|Brigadier General

|Peter Devogelaere{{cite web |url=http://www.eutmmali.eu/changement-de-commandement-leutm-mali/ |title=Changement de commandement à l'EUTM Mali – EUTM Mali |publisher=EUTM Mali |date=2016-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116074527/http://www.eutmmali.eu/changement-de-commandement-leutm-mali/ |archive-date=2017-01-16 |url-status=dead |access-date=2020-03-14}}

|Dec. 2016

|July 2017

{{BEL}}

|Brigadier General

|Bart Laurent{{cite web |url=http://eutmmali.eu/en/on-12-july-the-belgian-brigadier-general-bart-laurent-new-head-of-mission-eutm-mali/ |title=On 12 July, the Belgian Brigadier General Bart Laurent new head of mission EUTM MALI |date=2017-07-13 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204230339/http://eutmmali.eu/en/on-12-july-the-belgian-brigadier-general-bart-laurent-new-head-of-mission-eutm-mali/ |archive-date=2017-12-04 |url-status=dead |access-date=2020-03-14}}

|July 2017

|Jan. 2018

{{ESP}}

|Brigadier General

|Enrique Millán Martínez

|Jan. 2018

|Nov. 2018

{{DEU}}

|Brigadier General

|Peter Mirow

|Nov. 2018

|June 2019

{{AUT}}

|Brigadier General

|Christian Habersatter{{Citation|title=Council of the European Union, 13880/19, 25 November 2019. POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION on the appointment of the EU Mission Force Commander of the European Union military mission to contribute to the training of the Malian Armed Forces (EUTM Mali) and repealing Decision (CFSP) 2019/948 (EUTM Mali/2/2019)|url=https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-13880-2019-INIT/en/pdf}}

|June 2019

|Dec. 2019

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|Brigadier General

|João Pedro Rato Boga de Oliveira Ribeiro{{Citation|title=Council of the European Union, 13880/19, 25 November 2019. POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION on the appointment of the EU Mission Force Commander of the European Union military mission to contribute to the training of the Malian Armed Forces (EUTM Mali) and repealing Decision (CFSP) 2019/948 (EUTM Mali/2/2019)|url=https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-13880-2019-INIT/en/pdf}}

|Dec. 2019

|June 2020

{{CZE}}

|Brigadier General

|František Ridzák

|Jun. 2020

|Jan. 2021

{{ESP}}

|Brigadier General

|Fernando Luis Gracia Herreiz

|Jan. 2021

|July 2021

{{DEU}}

|Brigadier General

|Jochen Deuer

|July 2021

|Jan. 2022

{{AUT}}

|Brigadier General

|Christian Riener{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundesheer.at/cms/artikel.php?ID=11168|title = Österreich übernimmt die Trainingsmission in Mali}}

|Jan. 2022

|June 2022

{{CZE}}

|Brigadier General

|Radek Hasala{{Citation |title=Political and Security Committee Decision (CFSP) 2022/657 of 12 April 2022 on the appointment of the EU Mission Force Commander of the European Union military mission to contribute to the training of the Malian Armed Forces (EUTM Mali), and repealing Decision (CFSP) 2021/2209 (EUTM Mali/1/2022) |date=21 April 2022 |url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32022D0657&qid=1719241604848|access-date=26 June 2024}}

|June 2022

|Dec. 2022

{{ESP}}

|Brigadier General

|Santiago Fernandez Ortiz-Repiso{{Cite web|title=SPANISH GENERAL ORTIZ-REPISO TAKES OVER THE COMMAND OF EUTM MALI|url=https://eutmmali.eu/spanish-general-has-taken-over-the-command-of-eutm-mali/|access-date=8 January 2023|date=16 December 2022}}{{cite press release |date=19 May 2024 |title=La ministra de Defensa recibe a los últimos militares del contingente de la UE en Malí |trans-title=The Minister of Defense receives the last soldiers of the EU contingent in Mali |url=https://www.defensa.gob.es/gabinete/notasPrensa/2024/05/DGC-210519-llegada-contingente-Mali.html |location=Madrid |publisher=Ministerio de Defensa |lang=ES-ES |quote=Por su parte, el último jefe de la misión, el general español Santiago Fernández Ortiz-Repiso... |trans-quote=For his part, the last head of the mission, Spanish General Santiago Fernández Ortiz-Repiso... |access-date=26 June 2024}}

|Dec. 2022

|May 2024

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