Mame Mandiaye Niang

Mame Mandiaye Niang
Niang in 2014
Acting Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
Assumed office
16 May 2025
Serving with Nazhat Shameem Khan
Preceded byKarim Ahmad Khan
Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
Assumed office
7 March 2022
Serving with Nazhat Shameem Khan
Nominated byKarim Ahmad Khan
Preceded byJames 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 (1960-09-20) 20 September 1960
Alma materÉcole nationale d'administration et de magistrature (Dakar)

Mame Mandiaye Niang (born 20 September 1960) is a Senegalese lawyer and prosecutor, serving since 2025 as the Acting Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). 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.