Viviane Wade | |
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Viviane Wade (left) and Laura Bush (right) | |
First Lady of Senegal | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 1 April 2000 |
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President | Abdoulaye Wade (m. 1963) |
Personal details | |
Born | 13 September 1932 Besançon, France |
Children | Karim Wade, Sindjely Wade |
Viviane Wade (born September 13, 1932) is the current First Lady of Senegal.[1] Born at Besançon, she was raised in France. In 1963 she married Abdoulaye Wade, a Senegalese man who later became active as an opposition leader in Senegal and was eventually elected as President of Senegal in 2000. They have two children, son Karim Wade and daughter Sindjely Wade.