1. Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye (1958)

Senegalese Politician

Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye is a Senegalese politician who was Prime Minister of Senegal from 2009 to 2012. He was Minister of the Civil Service and Labour in 2005 Director of...

2. Talla Sylla (1966)

Senegalese Politician

Talla Sylla is a Senegalese politician. Sylla is the leader of Action pour la Renaissance/Wallu Askanu Senegal. He was previously the leader of Alliance for Progress and Justice Jëf-Jël and...

3. Seydina Oumar Sy (1937)

Senegalese Politician

Seydina Oumar Sy is a Senegalese politician from Kayes. He served as Foreign Minister of Senegal from 1990-1991.

4. Iba Der Thiam (1937)

Senegalese Politician

Iba Der Thiam also known as ID. Thiam is a Senegalese writer historian and politician. He served in the government of Senegal as Minister of Education from 1983 to 1988;...

5. Alioune Badara M'Bengue (1924)

Senegalese Politician

Alioune Badara M'Bengue was a Senegalese politician. He served as Foreign Minister of Senegal in 1968.

6. Alioune Diop (1910)

Senegalese Politician

Alioune Diop was a Senagalese writer and editor founder of the intellectual journal Présence Africaine and a central figure in the Négritude movement.

7. Jacques Diouf (1938)

Senegalese Politician

Jacques Diouf is a Senegalese diplomat who was Director-General of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization from January 1994 to 31 December 2011. His successor José Graziano da Silva...

8. Robert Sagna (1939)

Senegalese Politician

Robert Sagna is a Senegalese politician who served in the government of Senegal from 1978 to 2000 and was Mayor of Ziguinchor from 1984 to 2009. He was elected to...

9. Coumba Ndoffène Diouf (1932)

Senegalese Politician

Coumba Ndoffène Diouf is a Senegalese politician. He served as Foreign Minister of Senegal from 1972-1973.

10. Ngalandou Diouf (1875)

Senegalese Politician

Ngalandou Diouf born in Saint-Louis Senegal was the first African elected official from the advent of colonialism in the territory of French West Africa.

11. Mbaye-Jacques Diop (1936)

Senegalese Politician

Mbaye-Jacques Diop is a Senegalese political figure. He served as a Deputy in the National Assembly of Senegal from 1983 to 2004 as Mayor of Rufisque from 1987 to 2002...

12. Abbas Gueye (1913)

Senegalese Politician

Abbas Guèye was a politician and trade-unionist from Senegal who served in the French National Assembly from 1951-1955. Abbas Guèye was not related to Lamine Guèye nor of the same...

13. Moustapha Niasse (1939)

Senegalese Politician

Moustapha Niasse is a Senegalese politician and diplomat who has been President of the National Assembly of Senegal since 2012. He served in the government of Senegal as Minister of...

14. Youssou N'Dour (1959)

Senegalese Politician

Youssou N'Dour is a Senegalese singer percussionist songwriter composer occasional actor businessman and a politician. In 2004 Rolling Stone described him as perhaps the most famous singer alive in Senegal...

15. Modou Dia (1950)

Senegalese Politician

Modou Dia is a Senegalese politician and former diplomat. Dia has represented Senegal in Saudi Arabia the Soviet Union West Germany and Austria. He also was the Senegalese permanent representative...

16. Abdou Latif Guèye (1956)

Senegalese Politician

Abdou Latif Guèye was a Senegalese politician. He was Secretary-General of the Senegalese Democratic Rally as well as the head of Jamra a non-governmental organization. He was the Sixth Vice-President...

17. Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow (1921)

Senegalese Politician

Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow is a Senegalese educator. Born in Dakar M'bow served in France and North Africa during World War II after volunteering for the French army. After the end of...

18. Caroline Faye Diop (1923)

Senegalese Politician

Caroline Faye Diop was a Senegalese politician. She was elected the first female deputy to the National Assembly of Senegal in 1963 and was later a cabinet minister under President...

19. Awa Marie Coll-Seck (Unknow)

Senegalese Politician

Born in 1951 in Dakar Senegal Awa Marie Coll-Seck is Executive Director of The Roll Back Malaria Partnership and is on the Board of Directors at the Program for Appropriate...

20. Amadou Cissé Dia (1915)

Senegalese Politician

Amadou Cissé Dia was a Senegalese politician and playwright. He wrote plays in French including Les Derniers Jours de Lat Dior which concerns a griot's praise for Lat-Dior. In politics...

21. Amadou Karim Gaye (1913)

Senegalese Politician

Amadou Karim Gaye was a Senegalese veterinarian physician and politician from Saint-Louis. He served as Foreign Minister of Senegal from 1968-1972.

22. Louis Jacques Senghor (1952)

Senegalese Politician

Louis Jacques Senghor is a Senegalese politician and was a candidate in the February 2007 presidential election. He was the candidate of the Senegalese People's Liberal Movement. Senghor is the...

23. Doudou Ndoye (1944)

Senegalese Politician

Doudou Ndoye is a Senegalese lawyer and politician. He is the Secretary-General of the Union for the Republic a political party he founded in 2000 and was a candidate in...

24. Habib Thiam (1933)

Senegalese Politician

Habib Thiam is a Senegalese politician. He served as Prime Minister of the country on two occasions from 1 January 1981 to 3 April 1983 and again from 8 April...

25. Jacques Baudin (1939)

Senegalese Politician

Jacques Baudin is a Senegalese politician from Diourbel. He served as Foreign Minister of Senegal from 1998-2000. He was member of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

26. Cheikh Bamba Dièye (1965)

Senegalese Politician

Cheikh Bamba Dieye is a Senegalese politician who has served in the government of Senegal as Minister of Regional Planning and Local Government since April 2012. Previously he was Mayor...

27. Mame Madior Boye (1940)

Senegalese Politician

Mame Madior Boye was Prime Minister of Senegal from 2001 to 2002. She was the first female holder of that position. Boye was born in Saint-Louis. She was the first...

28. Aida Mbodj (1955)

Senegalese Politician

Aïda Mbodj is a Senegalese politician a Deputy and a Cabinet Minister as well as Vice-President of the National Assembly of Senegal.

29. Penda Mbow (Unknow)

Senegalese Politician

Penda Mbow born in 1955 is a historian an activist and a Senegalese politician. Minister of Culture of Senegal for several months in 2001 she is a professor at Université...

30. Ousmane Ngom (1955)

Senegalese Politician

Ousmane Alioune Ngom is a Senegalese politician. As a leading member of the Senegalese Democratic Party Ngom served as a minister in national unity governments from 1991 to 1992 and...

31. Landing Savané (1945)

Senegalese Politician

Landing Savané is a Senegalese politician and the Secretary-General of And-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism. He is the father of Professional Basketball player Sitapha Savane.

32. Demba Diop (Unknow)

Senegalese Politician

Demba Diop was a Senegalese politician. He served as Minister of Youth and Sport under President Léopold Sédar Senghor and was Mayor of Mbour from 1966 to 1967.

33. Cheikh Tidiane Gadio (1956)

Senegalese Politician

Cheikh Tidiane Gadio is a Senegalese diplomat who served in the government of Senegal as Minister of Foreign Affairs from April 2000 to October 2009.

34. Karim Wade (1968)

Senegalese Politician

Karim Wade is a Senegalese politician who served in the government of Senegal as Minister of State for International Cooperation Regional Development Air Transport and Infrastructure from May 2009 to...

35. Augustin Diamacoune Senghor (1928)

Senegalese Politician

Augustin Diamacoune Senghor. Father Senghor was a charismatic Roman Catholic priest and a leading figure in the Casamance independence movement from Senegal. He served as director of the Saint-Louis of...

36. Armand-Pierre Angrand (1892)

Senegalese Politician

Armand Pierre Angrand was a Senegalese politician nobleman and writer and mayor of Gorée and Dakar in 1934. Son of Leopold Angrand descendant of a prominent Métis Signares Goree. Grand...

37. Assane Seck (1919)

Senegalese Politician

Assane Seck was a Senegalese politician from Fogny. He served as Foreign Minister of Senegal from 1973-1978. He was said to be forced into political retirement.

38. Léopold Angrand (1859)

Senegalese Politician

Léopold Angrand was a Senegalese politician and a noble descendant of Métis signare Goree. He was the son of Pierre Angrand and the rich signare Helena St. John herself a...

39. Gabriel d'Arboussier (Unknow)

Senegalese Politician

Gabriel d'Arboussier was a Senegalese-French politician. Son of a colonial governor and a Muslim mother he studied in France and began a career as a colonial administrator. d'Arboussier served in...

40. Babacar Ba (Unknow)

Senegalese Politician

Babacar Ba was a Senegalese politician from Kaolack. He served as Foreign Minister of Senegal in 1978.

41. Mamadou Seck (politician) (1947)

Senegalese Politician

Mamadou Seck is a Senegalese politician who was President of the National Assembly of Senegal from 2008 to 2012. He was briefly Minister of Finance in 2001 and he was...

42. Abdoulaye Bathily (Unknow)

Senegalese Politician

Abdoulaye Bathily is a Senegalese politician and the Secretary-General of the Democratic League/Movement for the Labour Party.

43. Pape Diop (Unknow)

Senegalese Politician

Pape Diop is a Senegalese politician and a leading member of the Senegalese Democratic Party who has been President of the Senate of Senegal since 2007. He was Mayor of...