List of Presidents of Senegal

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The President of Senegal is the head of state of Senegal. According to the 2001 Constitution, the president is elected for a 7 year term.

This is a list of the Presidents since Senegal became independent from France in 1960.

#	Picture	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Political Party
1		Léopold Sédar Senghor	6 September 1960	31 December 1980	Senegalese Progressive Union (until 1976), Socialist Party of Senegal (from 1976)
			Senghor became the first President of Senegal in 1960 after the collapse of the Mali Federation. He worked towards democracy in Senegal and resigned before the end of his fifth term.
2		Abdou Diouf	1 January 1981	1 April 2000	Socialist Party of Senegal
			Diouf continued the political liberation of his predecessor, allowing more opposition parties to take part in elections. His term was marked by the short-lived Senegambia Confederation and the Mauritania–Senegal Border War, in addition to the Casamance conflict.
3		Abdoulaye Wade	1 April 2000	Incumbent	Senegalese Democratic Party
			Wade is the incumbent President of Senegal. During his term, the Casamance conflict was ended in 2006 with the Senegalese victory.

Latest election

Main article: Senegalese presidential election, 2007

 Summary of the 25 February 2007 Senegalese presidential election results

Candidate	Party	Coalition	Votes	%
Abdoulaye Wade	Senegalese Democratic Party	Sopi 2007	1,914,403	55.90
Idrissa Seck	Rewmi Party	And Liggey Sénégal	510,922	14.92
Ousmane Tanor Dieng	Socialist Party of Senegal		464,287	13.56
Moustapha Niasse	Alliance of Progress Forces	Alternance 2007	203,129	5.93
Robert Sagna		Takku Defaraat Sénégal	88,446	2.58
Abdoulaye Bathily	Democratic League/Movement for the Labour Party	Jubbanti Sénégal	75,797	2.21
Landing Savané	And-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism		70,780	2.07
Talla Sylla	Alliance for Progress and Justice/Jëf-Jël		18,022	0.53
Cheikh Bamba Dièye	Front for Socialism and Democracy/Benno Jubël		17,233	0.50
Mamadou Lamine Diallo		Tekki Taaru Sénégal	16,570	0.48
Mama Adama Guèye		Sellal	13,700	0.40
Doudou Ndoye	Union for Progress and Renewal		9,918	0.29
Alioune Mbaye	Independent		9,016	0.26
Louis Jacques Senghor	Movement for the Liberation of the Senegalese People		8,212	0.24
Modou Dia	Independent		4,491	0.13
Total (turnout: 70.5)			3,424,926	100.0

See also

• List of colonial heads of French Sénégal
• Prime Minister of Senegal