Abdoulaye Wade is a French then 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.
Idrissa Seck is a Senegalese politician who was Prime Minister of Senegal from November 2002 to July 2004. He was a leading member of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) and was considered a protégéof President Abdoulaye Wade,but he subsequently went into opposition and was a candidate in the February 2007 presidential election,coming second place with about 15% of the vote.
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. 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. Sall was a long-time member of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS). After coming into conflict with Wade,he was removed from his post as President of the National Assembly in November 2008;he consequently founded his own party named the Alliance for the Republic (APR) and joined the opposition. Placing second in the first round of the 2012 presidential election,he won the backing of other opposition candidates and prevailed over Wade in the second round of voting,held on 25 March 2012. He is the first president born after Senegalese independence from France.
The Socialist Party of Senegal is a political party in Senegal. It was the ruling party in Senegal from independence in 1960 until 2000. In the 2000 presidential election,the party's candidate and previous incumbent,Abdou Diof,was defeated by the leader of the Senegalese Democratic Party,Abdoulaye Wade. Ousmane Tanor Dieng has been the First Secretary of the party since 1996 and was the presidential candidate in 2007 and 2012. The best-known figure of the Socialist Party was Léopold Sédar Senghor,the first President of Senegal.
The Democratic League/Movement for the Labour Party is a political party in Senegal.
Amath Dansokho was a Senegalese politician. He was Secretary-General of the Party of Independence and Work (PIT) for years;he also served in the government of Senegal as Minister of Urban Planning and Housing from 1991 to 1995 and again,briefly,in 2000. He was mayor of Kédougou for a time. Since 2012,he was a special adviser to the president of Senegal;he was also honorary president of the PIT.
Presidential elections were held in Senegal on 25 February 2007. Incumbent president Abdoulaye Wade was re-elected in the first round with almost 56% of the vote.
Parliamentary elections were held in Senegal on 3 June 2007. They had originally been planned to be held together with the presidential election on 25 February 2007,but were postponed. Fourteen parties or coalitions participated in the elections,but they were marked by a major opposition boycott. The ruling Sopi Coalition won 131 seats,including all 90 of the seats elected by majority voting.
Robert Sagna is a Senegalese politician who served in the government of Senegal from 1978 to 2000 and was Mayor of Ziguinchor from 1984 to 2009. He was elected to the National Assembly of Senegal in 2007.
Abdoulaye Bathily is a Senegalese politician and diplomat. Bathily,the long-time Secretary-General of the Democratic League/Movement for the Labour Party (LD/MPT),served in the government of Senegal as Minister of the Environment from 1993 to 1998 and as Minister of Energy from 2000 to 2001. Later,he worked as a diplomat for the United Nations,and since 2014 he has been Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Central Africa.
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.
Ousmane Alioune Ngom is a Senegalese politician. As a leading member of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS),Ngom served as a minister in national unity governments from 1991 to 1992 and from 1995 to 1998. He split from the PDS to form his own party in 1998,but returned to the PDS in 2003. Under President Abdoulaye Wade,Ngom was a presidential adviser from 2003 to 2004,and from 2004 to 2012 he again served as a minister in the government,ultimately as Minister of State for the Interior from September 2010 to April 2012. Since 2012,he has served as a Deputy in the National Assembly of Senegal.
Iba Der Thiam,also known as I. D. Thiam,was a Senegalese writer,historian,and politician. He served in the government of Senegal as Minister of Education from 1983 to 1988;later,he was First Vice-President of the National Assembly of Senegal from 2001 to 2012.
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.
Souleymane NdénéNdiaye is a Senegalese politician who was Prime Minister of Senegal from 2009 to 2012. He was Minister of the Civil Service and Labour in 2005,Director of the Cabinet of the President of the Republic from 2005 to 2007,and Minister of State for the Maritime Economy from 2007 to 2009. A lawyer by profession,Ndiaye is the president of the National Union for the People (UNP). He was also Mayor of Guinguinéo.
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.
Presidential elections were held in Senegal on 26 February 2012,amidst controversy over the constitutional validity of a third term for incumbent president Abdoulaye Wade. In the runoff on 25 March,Macky Sall defeated the incumbent president. The 2015 documentary film Incorruptible chronicles both campaigns as well as the youth movement Y'en a Marre,which led protests against Wade's administration.
Parliamentary elections were held in Senegal on 1 July 2012. The result was a landslide victory for the United in Hope coalition supporting newly elected President Macky Sall,which won 119 of the 150 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout in the election was just 37%.
Abdoul Mbaye is a Senegalese banker and politician who was Prime Minister of Senegal from April 2012 until September 2013. He is a technocrat who was appointed prime minister by President Macky Sall following the latter's win in the 2012 presidential election.
Parliamentary elections were held in Senegal on 30 July 2017,having originally been planned for 2 July.
