Mame Mandiaye Niang
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Mame Mandiaye Niang | |
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 Niang in 2014 | |
| Acting Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court | |
| Assumed office 16 May 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Karim Ahmad Khan |
| Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court | |
| Assumed office 7 March 2022 | |
| Nominated by | Karim Ahmad Khan |
| Preceded by | James Stewart |
| Judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia | |
| In office 30 October 2013 – 31 March 2016 | |
| Judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda | |
| In office 30 October 2013 – 31 December 2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 September 1960 |
| Alma mater | École nationale d'administration et de magistrature (Dakar) |
Mame Mandiaye Niang (born 20 September 1960)[1] is a Senegalese lawyer and prosecutor, serving since 2025 as the Acting Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC).[2] He has held several senior positions in the Senegalese judiciary, including in the Ministry of Justice, the Supreme Court of Senegal, and the Regional Court of Dakar, as well as judicial and prosecutorial roles within the United Nations, notably at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). In 2021, he was elected Deputy Prosecutor of the ICC.[1]
International Career
Niang graduated from the École nationale d'Administration et de Magistrature in Dakar, Senegal. He has held senior positions in the national judiciary, including as Public Prosecutor at the Court of Appeal of Saint-Louis, Director of Criminal Affairs and Pardons at the Ministry of Justice, and Auditor of the Supreme Court of Senegal. He has also served as magistrate and prosecutor at the Regional Court of Dakar.[2]
Judgeship at the ICTR and the ICTY
Niang served at the ICTR from 1997 to 2011, including Legal Officer, Senior Legal Officer and Chief of Staff of the Registrar. He later served as Regional Representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Southern Africa from 2011 to 2013.[2] In 2013, he was appointed as Judge of the Appeals Chamber of the ICTR and the ICTY.[3][4]
Deputy Prosecutor Tenure at the ICC
On 10 December 2021, Niang was elected Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court during the twentieth session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute, and was sworn in on 7 March 2022.[2] In 2025, during the investigation into the conduct of Chief Prosecutor Karim Ahmad Khan, Niang assumed the role of acting Chief Prosecutor and continued to carry out prosecutorial functions alongside fellow Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan.[5]