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On 14 May 2019, the post was removed and no longer active.[1]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.
List[change | change source]
| № | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| 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 | .jpg) |
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–)[2] |
3 July 1998 | 5 April 2000 | 1 year,
275 days |
PSS |
| 5 | |
Moustapha Niasse (1939–)[2] |
5 April 2000 | 3 March 2001 | 332 days | AFP |
| 6 | |
Mame Madior Boye (1940–)[2] |
3 March 2001 | 4 November 2002 | 1 year,
246 days |
PDS |
| 7 |  |
Idrissa Seck |
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 | .jpg) |
Aminata Touré (1962–) |
1 September 2013 | 8 July 2014 | 310 days | APR |
| 13 |  |
Mohammed Dionne (1959–2024) |
8 July 2014 | 14 May 2019 | 4 years,
50 days |
Independent |
| Post abolished (14 May 2019 – 17 September 2022) | ||||||
| 14 | 
|
Amadou Ba (born 1961) |
17 September 2022 | 6 March 2024 | 1 year, 171 days | APR |
| 15 | .jpg)
|
Sidiki Kaba (born 1950) |
6 March 2024 | 3 April 2024 | 28 days | APR |
| 16 | 
|
Ousmane Sonko (born 1974) |
3 April 2024 | Incumbent | 5 days | PASTEF |
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Senegal President Sall tells PM to scrap his own post". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Les gouvernements successifs au SENEGAL". Afrique Express (in French). Archived from the original on 2011-09-09. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
