Mr. Mamadou Diallo
Deputy General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation
Mamadou Diallo was born in Senegal. After earning a master’s degree in philosophy and anthropology, he began working as a philosophy teacher in 1983. He went on to become Social Affairs Advisor at the Ministry of Health and Social Action and Coordinator for the UNICEF/Senegalese government programme for "Children in Need", and then a member of the Economic and Social Council. He became active in the trade union movement in 1981. He became General Secretary of the SYPROS teachers’ union in 1995. He was then elected Confederal Secretary in Charge of Administration of CNTS Sénégal and then he became Confederal Secretary for Education and Training and Director of the confederation’s National Workers’
Education Institute (INEFO). He joined the ICFTU in Brussels in 2003. Following the founding of the ITUC, he became the head of Trade Union Development Cooperation and Education, ITUC-Africa Coordinator and Director of the Human and Trade Union Rights Department. He was elected Deputy General Secretary of
the ITUC in December 2017.
Education Institute (INEFO). He joined the ICFTU in Brussels in 2003. Following the founding of the ITUC, he became the head of Trade Union Development Cooperation and Education, ITUC-Africa Coordinator and Director of the Human and Trade Union Rights Department. He was elected Deputy General Secretary of
the ITUC in December 2017.