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The Senegalese Constitution provides the following oath for the president which must be taken before they enter into office: "I swear, before God and the people of Senegal, to faithfully execute the office of president of the republic of Senegal, to keep the provisions of the Constitution and laws and to ensure their observance, to devote all my strength to defending constitutional ...
Senghor was president of the Federal Assembly until it failed in 1960. [33] Independence Day, 4 April 1962, President Léopold Sédar Senghor - in glasses to the left - is watching the march pass. Afterwards, Senghor became the first President of the Republic of Senegal, elected on 5 September 1960. He is the author of the Senegalese national ...
"Senegal profile: Timeline". BBC News. Lydia Samarbakhsh-Liberge (ed.). "Chronologie: Sénégal". Histoire-afrique.org (in French). Archived from the original on 8 May 2008.. Initiated by Agence universitaire de la Francophonie
1960: 10 June 1968: Socialist Party of Senegal: 2 Amadou Cissé Dia: 1968: 1983: Socialist Party of Senegal: 3 Habib Thiam: 1983: 1984: Socialist Party of Senegal: 4 Daouda Sow: 12 April 1984: 9 December 1988: Socialist Party of Senegal: 5 Abdoul Aziz Ndaw: 1988: 1993: Socialist Party of Senegal: 6 Cheikh Abdoul Khadre Cissokho: 1993: 2001 ...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday urged Senegalese President Macky Sall to restore Senegal's electoral calendar and timeline for presidential transition, the U.S. State Department ...
Senegal's population from 1960 to 2017 (in millions) Senegal has a population of around 18 million, about 42 percent of whom live in rural areas. Density in these areas varies from about 77 inhabitants per square kilometre (200/sq mi) in the west-central region to 2 per square kilometre (5.2/sq mi) in the arid eastern section.
Senegal’s outgoing president Macky Sall Friday said he would hold presidential elections “as soon as possible” one day after the West African country’s constitutional council ruled against ...
Faye was elected president after an election campaign that was marred by an attempt by the government to postpone the election, which was ultimately held on 24 March. Faye received over 54% of the vote, [25] making him the first opposition candidate to have won an election in the first round since Senegal's independence in 1960. [26]