Mali names police commissioner Moussa Ag Infahi inspector general of security services
The appointment places a veteran national police officer in charge of security and civil protection services, a post Mali's Council of Ministers filled on Friday.
Mali's Council of Ministers appointed Police Commissioner General Moussa Ag Infahi as Inspector General of Security and Civil Protection Services at a meeting on Friday, 13 November 2026, chaired by Transition President Assimi Goïta at the Koulouba Presidential Palace. The appointment was made under the Ministry of Security and Civil Protection.
Ag Infahi, born on 20 July 1965 in Anderamboukane in Ménaka region, has spent decades in public security, investigation and security sector reform. His career includes posts in police stations, the national police's general directorate, investigation units and international cooperation. He trained at the National School of Administration (ENA) and, from February to September 1996, at the special platoon of the Inter-Armed Forces Military School (EMIA) in Koulikoro.
The same day, a decree signed by Goïta named Mouhamed B. Diarra director general of the National Institute of Social Security (INPS), succeeding Idrissa Bakary Diarra.
Why it mattersThe post puts a senior police officer in charge of security and civil protection services, the body that oversees public protection across the country.