Prime Minister of Senegal
The Prime Minister of Senegal was the head of government of Senegal. The Prime Minister was appointed by the President of Senegal, who is directly elected for a seven-year term. The Prime Minister, in turn, appointed the Senegalese cabinet, after consultation with the President. On 14 May 2019, the post was abolished.[1]
Prime Minister of the Republic of Senegal | |
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Appointer | Macky Sall, as President of Senegal |
Inaugural holder | Mamadou Dia |
Formation | 18 May 1960 |
Final holder | Mohammed Dionne |
Abolished | 14 May 2019 |
This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Senegal |
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The following is a list of Prime Ministers of Senegal, since the country gained independence from France in 1960.
Future of post
On 6 April 2019, after being reappointed by President Macky Sall, Prime Minister Mohammed Dionne announced that President Sall had tasked him with enacting various government reforms, including the elimination of the job of Prime Minister. Sall's goal was to remove the "intermediary level" of Prime Minister to allow the President to take a more hands-on approach to governing.[2]
Prime Ministers of Senegal (1960–2019)
Key
Political Parties
Other factions
Table
№ | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political Party | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
1 | Mamadou Dia (1910–2009) | 18 May 1960 | 18 December 1962 | 2 years,
213 days |
PSS | |
Post abolished (18 December 1962 – 26 February 1970) | ||||||
2 | Abdou Diouf (1935–) | 26 February 1970 | 31 December 1980 | 10 years,
310 days |
PSS | |
3 | Habib Thiam (1933–2017) | 1 January 1981 | 3 April 1983 | 2 years,
93 days |
PSS | |
— | Moustapha Niasse (1939–) Acting Prime Minister | 3 April 1983 | 29 April 1983 | 26 days | PSS | |
Post abolished (29 April 1983 – 8 April 1991) | ||||||
(3) | Habib Thiam (1933–2017) | 8 April 1991 | 3 July 1998 | 7 years,
85 days |
PSS | |
4 | Mamadou Lamine Loum (1952–)[3] | 3 July 1998 | 5 April 2000 | 1 year,
275 days |
PSS | |
5 | Moustapha Niasse (1939–)[3] | 5 April 2000 | 3 March 2001 | 332 days | AFP | |
6 | Mame Madior Boye (1940–)[3] | 3 March 2001 | 4 November 2002 | 1 year,
246 days |
PDS | |
7 | Idrissa Seck | 4 November 2002 | 21 July 2004 | 1 year,
189 days |
PDS | |
8 | Macky Sall (1961–) | 21 July 2004 | 19 June 2007 | 2 years,
353 days |
PDS | |
9 | Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré (1951–) | 19 June 2007 | 30 April 2009 | 1 year,
315 days |
Independent | |
10 | Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye (1958–) | 30 April 2009 | 5 April 2012 | 2 years,
340 days |
PDS | |
11 | Abdoul Mbaye (1953–) | 5 April 2012 | 1 September 2013 | 1 year,
148 days |
Independent | |
12 | Aminata Touré (1962–) | 1 September 2013 | 8 July 2014 | 310 days | APR | |
13 | Mohammed Dionne (1961–) | 8 July 2014 | 14 May 2019 | 4 years,
50 days |
Independent | |
Post abolished (14 May 2019 – present) |
See also
- Senegal
- President of Senegal
- List of colonial governors of Senegal
- Politics of Senegal
- Lists of office-holders
References
- "Senegal President Sall tells PM to scrap his own post". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
- "Senegal President Sall tells PM to scrap his own post". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
- "Les gouvernements successifs au SENEGAL". Afrique Express (in French). Archived from the original on 2011-09-09. Retrieved 29 June 2011.