Prime Minister of Senegal
| Prime Minister of the Republic of Senegal | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Appointer | Bassirou Diomaye Faye, as President of Senegal |
| Inaugural holder | Mamadou Dia |
| Formation | 18 May 1960 |
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 five-year term. The Prime Minister, in turn, appointed the Senegalese cabinet.
On 14 May 2019, the post was removed and no longer active.[1]
In November 2021, Macky Sall announced the return of the post of prime minister suppressed since 2019. In 2026, economist Ahmadou Al Aminou Lo was picked as prime minister.
List
[change | change source]- Political parties
- Other factions
The following is a list of prime ministers of Senegal, since the country gained independence from France in 1960.
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | President(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 |  |
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 |  |
Abdou Diouf (born 1935) |
26 February 1970 | 31 December 1980 | 10 years, 309 days | PSS | Léopold Sédar Senghor |
| 3 |  |
Habib Thiam (1933–2017) |
1 January 1981 | 3 April 1983 | 2 years, 92 days | PSS | Abdou Diouf |
| — |  |
Moustapha Niasse (born 1939) Acting |
3 April 1983 | 29 April 1983 | 26 days | PSS | Abdou Diouf |
| Post abolished (29 April 1983 – 8 April 1991) | |||||||
| (3) | |
Habib Thiam (1933–2017) |
8 April 1991 | 3 July 1998 | 7 years, 86 days | PSS | Abdou Diouf |
| 4 |  |
Mamadou Lamine Loum (born 1952)[2] |
3 July 1998 | 5 April 2000 | 1 year, 277 days | PSS | Abdou Diouf Abdoulaye Wade |
| 5 | |
Moustapha Niasse (born 1939)[2] |
5 April 2000 | 3 March 2001 | 332 days | AFP | Abdoulaye Wade |
| 6 |  |
Mame Madior Boye (born 1940)[2] |
3 March 2001 | 4 November 2002 | 1 year, 246 days | PDS | Abdoulaye Wade |
| 7 |  |
Idrissa Seck (born 1959)[2] |
4 November 2002 | 21 July 2004 | 1 year, 260 days | PDS | Abdoulaye Wade |
| 8 |  |
Macky Sall (born 1961) |
21 July 2004 | 19 June 2007 | 2 years, 333 days | PDS | Abdoulaye Wade |
| 9 |  |
Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré (born 1951) |
19 June 2007 | 30 April 2009 | 1 year, 315 days | Independent | Abdoulaye Wade |
| 10 |  |
Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye (born 1958) |
30 April 2009 | 5 April 2012 | 2 years, 341 days | PDS | Abdoulaye Wade Macky Sall |
| 11 |  |
Abdoul Mbaye (born 1953) |
5 April 2012 | 1 September 2013 | 1 year, 149 days | Independent | Macky Sall |
| 12 | .jpg) |
Aminata Touré (born 1962) |
1 September 2013 | 8 July 2014 | 310 days | APR | Macky Sall |
| 13 |  |
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) | |||||||
| 14 | _Election_infobox.jpg) |
Amadou Ba (born 1961) |
17 September 2022 | 6 March 2024 | 1 year, 171 days | Independent | Macky Sall |
| 15 | .jpg) |
Sidiki Kaba (born 1950) |
6 March 2024 | 3 April 2024 | 28 days | APR | Macky Sall Bassirou Diomaye Faye |
| 16 |  |
Ousmane Sonko (born 1974) |
3 April 2024 | 22 May 2026 | 2 years, 49 days | PASTEF | Bassirou Diomaye Faye |
| Vacant (22 May 2026 – 25 May 2026) | |||||||
| 17 |  |
Ahmadou Al Aminou Lo (born 1961) |
25 May 2026 | 21 days | Independent | Bassirou Diomaye Faye | |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Senegal President Sall tells PM to scrap his own post". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
- 1 2 3 4 "Les gouvernements successifs au SENEGAL". Afrique Express (in French). Archived from the original on 2011-09-09. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
