Abdoul Mbaye

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Abdoul Mbaye
Prime Minister of Senegal
In office
5 April 2012 – 1 September 2013
PresidentMacky Sall
Preceded bySouleymane Ndéné Ndiaye
Succeeded byAminata Touré
Personal details
Born (1953-04-13) 13 April 1953 (age 68)[1]
Dakar, Senegal
Political partyIndependent
Alma materUniversity of Dakar
HEC Paris
University of Paris

Abdoul Mbaye is a Senegalese banker and politician who was Prime Minister of Senegal from April 2012 until September 2013. He is a technocrat who was appointed prime minister by President Macky Sall following the latter's win in the 2012 presidential election.[2]

Early life[]

Abdoul Aziz Mbaye is born on was born on 13 April 1953, in Dakar.[3] He is the son of judge Keba Mbaye, dead in 2007, who was the first president of the Supreme Court of Senegal, president of the , a member of the International Olympic Committee and of the International Court of Justice. Abdoul Mbaye is the eldest in a family of three brothers and five sisters, including Cheikh Tidiane Mbaye, CEO of Sonatel.

Abdoul Mbaye studied in Senegal[4] at the University of Dakar and at France's HEC Paris and Paris-Sorbonne University. He is also a graduate of Cheikh Anta Diop University.[5]

Banking career[]

In 1976 he joined the Central Bank of West African States as an economist in the research department, before becoming the International Monetary Fund's Director of the Division of Planning in 1981. He also worked in Ivory Coast at some point.[6] He then took over as CEO of in 1982. In 1990 he was a part of the restructuring team for , then becoming CEO of the re-modeled Compagnie Bancaire de l'Afrique Occidentale, where the bank initiated the first company leasing in Senegal and started the first investment fund in west Africa.

He was also the president of the [6] and the [7] and the head of [8] (majority owned by ), which he acquired as the head of a consortium to turn around the ailing bank. He also worked with the IMF in developing regulations for investment funds in west Africa. At the , he was an administrator.[6]

Prime Minister[]

On 3 April 2012, he was appointed Prime Minister of Senegal by the newly elected President Macky Sall. He formally took over the office from the outgoing Prime Minister, Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye, on 5 April 2012.[9]

Macky Sall appointed Mbaye as prime minister in accordance with the constitution.

Cabinet[]

The composition of a 25-member government headed by Mbaye was announced in the late hours of 4 April.[10] The government consists of the opposition parties who supported Sall in the election which each got two portfolios:[which?] Socialist Party of Senegal of Ousmane Tanor Dieng, the Alliance of the Forces of Progress of Moustapha Niasse and the party of Idrissa Seck.[11]

  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Alioune Badara Cissé
  • Ministry of Interior: Mbaye Ndiaye
  • Ministry of Health of Social Action:
  • Ministry of Defense:
  • Ministry of Justice: Aminata Touré
  • Ministry of Finance and the Economy:
  • Ministry of Culture and Tourism: Youssou Ndour
  • Ministry of Woman, Children and Female Entrepreneurship:
  • Ministry of National Education:
  • Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Equipment:
  • Ministry of Regional Planning and Local Government: Cheikh Bamba Dièye
  • Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Handicrafts: Mata Sy Diallo
  • Ministry of Livestock: Aminata Mbengue Ndiaye
  • Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime Affairs:
  • Ministry of Infrastructure of Transport:
  • Ministry of Energy and Mines:
  • Ministry of Youth, Training and Employment:
  • Ministry of Sports:
  • Ministry of Urban Development and Housing:
  • Ministry of Higher Education and Research and spokesman for the government:
  • Ministry of Ecology and Nature Protection: Haïdar El Ali
  • Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Relations with Institutions:
  • Ministry of Water and Sanitation:
  • Ministry of Communication, Telecommunications and Information Technology and Communication:
  • Minister Delegate to the Minister of Economy and Finance for the Budget:

References[]

  1. ^ "Monsieur Abdoul Mbaye". .gouv.sn. Archived from the original on 29 May 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Technocrat to be Senegal's new prime minister". Al Jazeera English. 4 October 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ "Senegal president names technocrat as PM". Af.reuters.com. 9 February 2009. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 May 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c "M. Abdoul Mbaye - Advanced Finance - Investment Group". Afigfunds.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  7. ^ "Abdoul Mbaye nominated Senegalese PM". Shanghai Daily. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  8. ^ "Abdoul Mbaye: Executive Profile & Biography". Investing.businessweek.com. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  9. ^ "Agence de Presse Sénégalaise" (in French). Aps.sn. Retrieved 6 April 2012.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "La liste des 25 ministres du premier gouvernement de l'ère Macky Sall" (in French). Aps.sn. Archived from the original on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  11. ^ "Senegal: Government unveils Abdoul Mbaye" (in French). RFI. 5 April 2012.
Political offices
Preceded by
Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye 		Prime Minister of Senegal
2012–2013 		Succeeded by
Aminata Touré
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