Prime Minister of Senegal

Prime Minister of the
Republic of Senegal

Incumbent
Mohammed Dionne
since 8 July 2014
Appointer Macky Sall,
as President of Senegal
Inaugural holder Mamadou Dia
Formation 18 May 1960
Senegal
This article is part of a series on the
politics and government of
Senegal

The Prime Minister of Senegal is the head of government of Senegal. The Prime Minister is appointed by the President of Senegal, who is directly elected for a seven-year term. The Prime Minister, in turn, appoints the Senegalese cabinet, after consultation with the President.

The following is a list of Prime Ministers of Senegal, since the country gained independence from France in 1960.

Key

Political parties
Other factions

Prime Ministers of Senegal (1960–present)

№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of Office Political Party
1 Mamadou Dia
(1910–2009) 		18 May 1960 18 December 1962 PSS
Post abolished (18 December 1962 – 26 February 1970)
2 Abdou Diouf
(1935–) 		26 February 1970 31 December 1980 PSS
3 Habib Thiam
(1933–) 		1 January 1981 3 April 1983 PSS
— Moustapha Niasse
(1939–)
Acting Prime Minister 		3 April 1983 29 April 1983 PSS
Post abolished (29 April 1983 – 8 April 1991)
(3) Habib Thiam
(1933–) 		8 April 1991 3 July 1998 PSS
4 Mamadou Lamine Loum
(1952–)[1] 		3 July 1998 5 April 2000 PSS
5 Moustapha Niasse
(1939–)[1] 		5 April 2000 3 March 2001 AFP
6 Mame Madior Boye
(1940–)[1] 		3 March 2001 4 November 2002 PDS
7 Idrissa Seck
(1960–)[1]
4 November 2002 21 April 2004 PDS
8 Macky Sall
(1961–) 		21 April 2004 19 June 2007 PDS
9 Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré
(1951–) 		19 June 2007 30 April 2009 Independent
10 Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye
(1958–) 		30 April 2009 5 April 2012 PDS
11 Abdoul Mbaye
(1953–) 		5 April 2012 1 September 2013 Independent
12 Aminata Touré
(1962–) 		1 September 2013 8 July 2014 APR
13 Mohammed Dionne
(1961–) 		8 July 2014 Incumbent Independent

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Les gouvernements successifs au SENEGAL". Afrique Express (in French). Retrieved 29 June 2011.
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