Thérèse King

Thérèse King (15 July 1934 in Ziguinchor[1] – 16 April 2015 in Dakar)[2] was a Senegalese politician. She was the Minister of Public Health from April 5th, 1988 to March 27th, 1990[3] under the presidency of Abdou Diouf.[4] She was one of the first women government ministers in Senegal, and the second female Minister of Public Health after Marie Sarr Mbodj.

She also chaired the Ziguinchor Regional Union of Socialist Women.[5]

In 2010, she was made a Grand Cross of the National Order of the Lion.[1]

References
  1. "Décret n°2010-639 du 7 juin 2010". Journal officiel de la République du Sénégal (in French).
  2. "Décès de Mme Thérèse King, ancienne ministre de la Santé sous Diouf". Seneweb News (in French). April 17, 2015.
  3. "Les anciens ministres" (in French). Ministry of Health and Social Action (Senegal). Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  4. "Gouvernements du Sénégal de 1957 à 2007]" (pdf). Site Équité et égalité de genre au Sénégal (in French). Dakar: Laboratoire GENRE, Cheikh Anta Diop University.
  5. Diop, Momar Coumba; Diouf, Mamadou (1990). Le Sénégal sous Abdou Diouf : État et société (in French). Paris: Karthala. p. 137. ISBN 9782865372751.

Further reading
  • Ndiaye, Babacar; Ndiaye, Waly (2006). Présidents et ministres de la République du Sénégal (in French) (2 ed.). Dakar: B. Ndiaye. p. 253.
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