Political Leaders: Senegal

Leaders of Senegal
(Republic of Senegal)

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Look for biographies of the leaders (in Spanish) at CIDOB website.

Parties: UPS: Senegalese Progressive Union; PSS: Senegal Socialist Party (new name of PSS since 1974); PDS: Senegalese Democratic Party; AFP: Alliance of Progress Forces; n/p: non-party

Presidents of the Republic

Léopold Sédar Senghor    5 Sep 1960 - 31 Dec 1980 (+2001) UPS/PSS
Abdou Diouf              1 Jan 1981 -  1 Apr 2000         PSS (*)
Me Abdoulaye Wade        1 Apr 2000 -                     PDS

(*) President of the Confederation with Gambia (Senegambia) from 1 Feb 1982 to 30 Sep 1989.

Prime Ministers

Mamadou Dia             18 May 1957 - 18 Dec 1962 (+2009) UPS
Abdou Diouf             26 Feb 1970 - 31 Dec 1980         UPS/PSS
Habib Thiam              1 Jan 1981 -  3 Apr 1983         PSS
Moustapha Niasse         3 Apr 1983 - 29 Apr 1983         PSS (interim)
Habib Thiam              8 Apr 1991 -  3 Jul 1998         PSS
Mamadou Lamine Loum      3 Jul 1998 -  2 Apr 2000         PSS
Moustapha Niasse         2 Apr 2000 -  3 Mar 2001         AFP
Mame Madior Boye         3 Mar 2001 -  4 Nov 2002         PDS
Idrissa Seck             4 Nov 2002 - 21 Apr 2004         PDS
Macky Sall              21 Apr 2004 - 19 Jun 2007         PDS 
Hadjibou Soumaré        19 Jun 2007 - 30 Apr 2009         n/p
Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye 30 Apr 2009 -                     PDS

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