Prime Minister of Senegal

Prime Minister of the
Republic of Senegal

Incumbent
Mohammed Dionne
since 8 July 2014
Appointer Macky Sall,
as President of Senegal
Inaugural holder Mamadou Dia
Formation 18 May 1960
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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.

Prime Ministers of Senegal (1960–Present)

      Senegalese Progressive Union (UPS) / Socialist Party of Senegal (PSS)
      Alliance of the Forces of Progress (AFP)
      Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS)
      Alliance for the Republic (APR)

# Portrait Name
(Born-Died) 		Term of Office Party
1 Mamadou Dia
(1910–2009) 		18 May 1960 18 December 1962 UPS
Post abolished (18 December 1962–26 February 1970)
2 Abdou Diouf
(b. 1935) 		26 February 1970 31 December 1980 UPS
(until 1976)

PSS
(from 1976)

3 Habib Thiam
(b. 1933)
(1st Term) 		1 January 1981 3 April 1983 PSS
– Moustapha Niasse
(b. 1939)
(Acting) 		3 April 1983 29 April 1983 PSS
Post abolished (29 April 1983–8 April 1991)
(3) Habib Thiam
(b. 1933)
(2nd Term) 		8 April 1991 3 July 1998 PSS
4 Mamadou Lamine Loum
(b. 1952)[1] 		3 July 1998 5 April 2000 PSS
5 Moustapha Niasse
(b. 1939)[1] 		5 April 2000 3 March 2001 AFP
6 Mame Madior Boye
(b. 1940)[1] 		3 March 2001 4 November 2002 PDS
7 Idrissa Seck
(b. 1960)[1]
4 November 2002 21 April 2004 PDS
8 Macky Sall
(b. 1961) 		21 April 2004 19 June 2007 PDS
9 Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré
(b. 1951) 		19 June 2007 30 April 2009 Independent
10 Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye
(b. 1958) 		30 April 2009 5 April 2012 PDS
11 Abdoul Mbaye
(b. 1953) 		5 April 2012 1 September 2013 Independent
12 Aminata Touré
(b. 1962) 		1 September 2013 8 July 2014 APR
13 Mohammed Dionne
(b. 1961) 		8 July 2014 Incumbent Independent

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Les gouvernements successifs au SENEGAL". Afrique Express (in French). Retrieved 29 June 2011.

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