Prime Minister of Senegal

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.

Prime Minister of the
Republic of Senegal
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Incumbent
Ousmane Sonko

since 3 April 2024
AppointerBassirou Diomaye Faye,
as President of Senegal
Inaugural holderMamadou Dia
Formation18 May 1960

On 14 May 2019, the post was removed and no longer active.[1]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

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   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
(1960–)
[2]
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   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   Sidiki Kaba
(born 1950)
6 March 2024 3 April 2024 28 days APR
16   Ousmane Sonko
(born 1974)
3 April 2024 Incumbent 197 days PASTEF

References

  1. "Senegal President Sall tells PM to scrap his own post". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Les gouvernements successifs au SENEGAL". Afrique Express (in français). Archived from the original on 2011-09-09. Retrieved 29 June 2011.