Prime Minister of Senegal

Prime Minister of the Republic of Senegal
Coat of Arms of Senegal
Incumbent Mohammed Dionne since 8 July 2014
Appointer	Macky Sall, as President of Senegal
Inaugural holder	Mamadou Dia
Formation	18 May 1960

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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

•   Socialist Party of Senegal (PSS)
•   Alliance of the Forces of Progress (AFP)
•   Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS)
•   Alliance for the Republic (APR)

Other factions

•   Independent

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

• Senegal
  • President of Senegal
  • List of colonial governors of Senegal
  • Politics of Senegal
• Lists of office-holders

References

External links

• World Statesmen - Senegal

Prime Ministers of Senegal
Dia abolished, 1962-70 Diouf Thiam Niasse* abolished, 1983-91 Thiam Loum Niasse Boye Seck Sall Soumaré Ndiaye Mbaye Touré Dionne
* acting

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