Prime Minister of Senegal

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Senegal

This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Senegal

President Abdoulaye Wade Prime Minister Macky Sall National Assembly Political parties Elections: Pres.: 2007 Parl.: 2007 Regions Departments Arrondissements Casamance Conflict Foreign relations

Other countries · Politics Portal view • talk • edit

The Prime Minister of Senegal is the head of government of Senegal. The Prime Minister is appointed by the President of Senegal, who is directly elected for a five year term. The Prime Minister, in turn, appoints the Senegalese cabinet, after consultation with the President.

This is a list of the Prime Ministers since Senegal became independent from France in 1960.

	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1	Mamadou Dia	18 May 1957	18 December 1962	Progressive Union
2	Abdou Diouf	26 February 1970	31 December 1980	Progressive Union, renamed Socialist Party
3	Habib Thiam	1 January 1981	3 April 1983	Socialist Party
	Moustapha Niasse (acting)	3 April 1983	29 April 1983	Socialist Party
	Habib Thiam, 2nd time	8 April 1991	3 July 1998	Socialist Party
4	Mamadou Lamine Loum	3 July 1998	5 April 2000	Socialist Party
5	Moustapha Niasse	5 April 2000	3 March 2001	Alliance of Progress Forces
6	Mame Madior Boye	3 March 2001	4 November 2002	Democratic Party
7	Idrissa Seck	4 November 2002	21 April 2004	Democratic Party
8	Macky Sall	21 April 2004	(present)	Democratic Party