Abdoulaye Wade is a Senegalese politician who was President of Senegal from 2000 to 2012. He is also the Secretary-General of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS),having led the party since it was founded in 1974. A long-time opposition leader,he ran for President four times,beginning in 1978,before he was elected in 2000. He won re-election in 2007 with a majority in the first round,but in 2012 he was defeated in a controversial bid for a third term.
Macky Sall is a Senegalese politician who has been President of Senegal since April 2012. He was re-elected President in the first round voting in February 2019 Senegalese presidential election. Under President Abdoulaye Wade,Sall was Prime Minister of Senegal from July 2004 to June 2007 and President of the National Assembly from June 2007 to November 2008. He was the Mayor of Fatick from 2002 to 2008 and held that post again from 2009 to 2012.
Moustapha Niasse is a Senegalese politician and diplomat who has been President of the National Assembly since 2012. He served in the government of Senegal as Foreign Minister of Senegal from 1978 to 1984 and again from 1993 to 1998. He was Prime Minister of Senegal for a few weeks in 1983,and he held that position again from 2000 to 2001.
El-Hadj Bonfoh Abass was a Togolese politician who was the interim President of Togo from 25 February 2005 to 4 May 2005. He was the President of the National Assembly of Togo from February 2005 to July 2013.
Isidore Mvouba is a Congolese politician who was Prime Minister of Congo-Brazzaville from 2005 to 2009. He is a member of the Congolese Labour Party and held key positions under President Denis Sassou Nguesso beginning in 1997.
Mountaga Tall is a Malian politician who is President of the National Congress for Democratic Initiative (CNID) and served in the government of Mali as Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research from 2014 to 2016 and Minister of the Digital Economy and Communication from 2016 to 2017. Previously he was First Vice-President of the National Assembly of Mali from 2002 to 2007.
Djibo Leyti Kâ was a Senegalese politician and the Secretary-General of the Union for Democratic Renewal (URD). He was a prominent minister under President Abdou Diouf from 1981 to 1995 and founded the URD in 1998 after splitting from Diouf's Socialist Party (PS). From 2004 to 2012,he again served in the government under President Abdoulaye Wade,initially as Minister of State for Maritime Economy and then as Minister of State for the Environment beginning in 2007. Man of the state,he then was appointed Minister under Macky Sall's government before becoming the Director of the CNDT.
Pape Diop is a Senegalese politician and a leading member of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) who was President of the Senate of Senegal from 2007 to 2012. He was Mayor of Dakar,the capital city,from 2002 to 2009,as well as President of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007.
Demba Diop was a Senegalese politician. He served as Minister of Youth and Sport under President Léopold Sédar Senghor and was Mayor of Mbour from 1966 to 1967.
Abdou Latif Guèye was a Senegalese politician. He was Secretary-General of the Senegalese Democratic Rally (RDS),as well as the head of Jamra,a non-governmental organization. He was the Sixth Vice-President of the National Assembly of Senegal from 2007 to 2008.
Salif Diallo was a Burkinabépolitician who was President of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso from 2015 to 2017. He was a key associate of President Blaise Compaoréfrom the 1980s to the 2000s,serving in various posts during that period,including as Director of the Cabinet of the President from 1987 to 1989,Minister of Environment and Water from 1995 to 1999,and Minister of Agriculture from 2000 to 2008. He was appointed as Burkina Faso's Ambassador to Austria later in 2008. He also served as Vice-President of the Congress for Democracy and Progress,the ruling party.
Justin Lekoundzou Itihi Ossetoumba was a Congolese politician. He was a founding member of the Congolese Labour Party (PCT),and during the PCT's single-party rule he held important party and government positions in the 1970s and 1980s. He served in the government again from 1997 to 2002 and was elected to the National Assembly of Congo-Brazzaville in 2002.
Claude Alphonse Nsilou is a Congolese politician who has served in the government of Congo-Brazzaville as Minister of Trade since 2017. Previously he was Minister of Construction,City Planning,and Housing from 2002 to 2017. He is the President of the Citizen Rally (RC).
Habib Sy is a Senegalese politician,currently serving as Director of the Cabinet of the President of Senegal. He has been a member of the government of Senegal since 2002.
Soungalo Apollinaire Ouattara is a Burkinabépolitician who was President of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso from 2012 to 2014. Previously he served in the government as Minister of the Civil Service and State Reform from 2008 to 2012.
The Cabinet of Niger is made up of the appointed heads of Niger's government Ministries. Ministers are chosen from the elected members of the National Assembly of Niger. According to the Constitution of 18 July 1999 the Prime Minister of Niger proposes the membership of the Council of Ministers,and the President of Niger appoints the Ministers,which is then authorized by the National Assembly. The Council of ministers meets at the discretion of the President,advises him on policy,and carries out the policies he orders. The Council of Ministers is headed by the Prime Minister of Niger,who is put forward by the National Assembly,and accepted by the President. The Assembly may remove the Prime minister by a vote of no confidence.
Daouda Sow was a Senegalese politician and legislator. He served as the President of the National Assembly from 1984 to 1988. He was a member of the Socialist Party of Senegal (PS) and served as the party's Secretary General.
Maurice Mavoungou is a Congolese politician who has been a Deputy in the National Assembly of Congo-Brazzaville since 2002. He has also been President of the Economy and Finance Commission of the National Assembly since 2012.
René-Dambert Ndouane is a Congolese politician who served in the government of Congo-Brazzaville as Minister of Tourism from 1997 to 1999 and as Minister of Labour from 1999 to 2002. He was Second Vice-President of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007 and First Vice-President of the National Assembly from 2012 to 2017.
Ousseini Tinni is a Nigerien politician of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism. He was President of the National Assembly from 25 March 2016 until 23 March 2021.
