The Prime Minister of Senegal (French: Premier ministre du Sénégal) is the head of government of Senegal.[citation needed] 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 Cabinet of Senegal, after consultation with the President.
| Prime Minister of the Republic of Senegal Premier ministre de la République du Sénégal | |
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| Appointer | President of Senegal |
| Inaugural holder | Mamadou Dia |
| Formation | 18 May 1960 |
The following is a list of prime ministers of Senegal, since the country gained independence from France in 1960.
Future of the office
editOn 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.[1]
In November 2021, Macky Sall announced the return of the post of prime minister suppressed since 2019.
List of officeholders
edit- Political parties
- Other factions
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | President(s) | ||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
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Mamadou Dia (1910–2009) |
18 May 1960 | 18 December 1962 | 2 years, 214 days | PSS | Léopold Sédar Senghor |
| Post abolished (18 December 1962 – 26 February 1970) | |||||||
| 2 | 
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Abdou Diouf (born 1935) |
26 February 1970 | 31 December 1980 | 10 years, 309 days | PSS | Léopold Sédar Senghor |
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Habib Thiam (1933–2017) |
1 January 1981 | 3 April 1983 | 2 years, 92 days | PSS | Abdou Diouf |
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Moustapha Niasse (born 1939) Acting |
3 April 1983 | 29 April 1983 | 26 days | PSS | Abdou Diouf |
| Post abolished (29 April 1983 – 8 April 1991) | |||||||
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Habib Thiam (1933–2017) |
8 April 1991 | 3 July 1998 | 7 years, 86 days | PSS | Abdou Diouf |
| 4 | 
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Mamadou Lamine Loum (born 1952)[2] |
3 July 1998 | 5 April 2000 | 1 year, 277 days | PSS | Abdou Diouf Abdoulaye Wade |
| 5 |
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Moustapha Niasse (born 1939)[2] |
5 April 2000 | 3 March 2001 | 332 days | AFP | Abdoulaye Wade |
| 6 |
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Mame Madior Boye (born 1940)[2] |
3 March 2001 | 4 November 2002 | 1 year, 246 days | PDS | Abdoulaye Wade |
| 7 | 
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Idrissa Seck (born 1959)[2] |
4 November 2002 | 21 July 2004 | 1 year, 260 days | PDS | Abdoulaye Wade |
| 8 | 
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Macky Sall (born 1961) |
21 July 2004 | 19 June 2007 | 2 years, 333 days | PDS | Abdoulaye Wade |
| 9 | 
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Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré (born 1951) |
19 June 2007 | 30 April 2009 | 1 year, 315 days | Independent | Abdoulaye Wade |
| 10 | 
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Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye (born 1958) |
30 April 2009 | 5 April 2012 | 2 years, 341 days | PDS | Abdoulaye Wade Macky Sall |
| 11 |
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Abdoul Mbaye (born 1953) |
5 April 2012 | 1 September 2013 | 1 year, 149 days | Independent | Macky Sall |
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Aminata Touré (born 1962) |
1 September 2013 | 8 July 2014 | 310 days | APR | Macky Sall |
| 13 | 
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Mahammed Dionne (1959–2024) |
8 July 2014 | 14 May 2019 | 4 years, 310 days | Independent | Macky Sall |
| Post abolished (14 May 2019 – 17 September 2022) | |||||||
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Amadou Ba (born 1961) |
17 September 2022 | 6 March 2024 | 1 year, 171 days | Independent | Macky Sall |
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Sidiki Kaba (born 1950) |
6 March 2024 | 3 April 2024 | 28 days | APR | Macky Sall Bassirou Diomaye Faye |
| 16 |
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Ousmane Sonko (born 1974) |
3 April 2024 | Incumbent | 232 days | PASTEF | Bassirou Diomaye Faye |
Timeline
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Senegal President Sall tells PM to scrap his own post". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 7 April 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Les gouvernements successifs au SENEGAL". Afrique Express (in French). Archived from the original on 9 September 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.