Prime Minister of Senegal

Prime Minister of the
Republic of Senegal
Prime Minister of the; Republic of Senegal
	Coat of Arms of Senegal
Appointer	Macky Sall,; as President of Senegal
Inaugural holder	Mamadou Dia
Formation	18 May 1960
Final holder	Mohammed Dionne
Abolished	14 May 2019

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]

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

Socialist Party of Senegal (PSS)

Alliance of the Forces of Progress (AFP)

Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS)

Alliance for the Republic (APR)

Other factions

Independent

Table[]

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party
№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party
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 (1959–)^[3]	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)

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.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "Les gouvernements successifs au SENEGAL". Afrique Express (in French). Archived from the original on 2011-09-09. Retrieved 29 June 2011.

External links[]

World Statesmen - Senegal

[1] "Senegal President Sall tells PM to scrap his own post". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2019-04-06.

[2] "Senegal President Sall tells PM to scrap his own post". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2019-04-06.

[afriqueexpress-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "Les gouvernements successifs au SENEGAL". Afrique Express (in French). Archived from the original on 2011-09-09. Retrieved 29 June 2011.

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