List of Presidents of Senegal

President of the Republic of Senegal
Coat of Arms of Senegal
Incumbent Macky Sall since 2 April 2012
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Léopold Sédar Senghor
Formation	6 September 1960

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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 5 year term; this was changed back to the pre-2001 seven-year term in 2008, though incumbent president Macky Sall has stated he wants to have it reverted to five-year terms.

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

Presidents of Senegal (1960–present)

      Senegalese Progressive Union (UPS) / Socialist Party of Senegal (PSS)
      Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS)
      Alliance for the Republic (APR)

#	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term of Office		Party
1		Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906–2001)	6 September 1960	31 December 1980	UPS (until 1976) PSS (from 1976)
2		Abdou Diouf (b. 1935)	1 January 1981	1 April 2000	PSS
3		Abdoulaye Wade (b. 1926)	1 April 2000	2 April 2012	PDS
4		Macky Sall (b. 1961)	2 April 2012	Incumbent	APR

Latest election

Main article: Senegalese presidential election, 2012

 Summary of the 26 February and 25 March 2012 Senegalese presidential election results

Candidate	Party	1st round		2nd round
		Votes	%	Votes	%
Macky Sall	Alliance for the Republic	719,367	26.58	1,909,244	65.80
Abdoulaye Wade	Senegalese Democratic Party	942,327	34.81	992,556	34.20
Moustapha Niasse	Alliance of the Forces of Progress/United to Boost Senegal	357,330	13.20
Ousmane Tanor Dieng	Socialist Party of Senegal	305,924	11.30
Idrissa Seck	Rewmi	212,853	7.86
Cheikh Bamba Dièye	Front for Socialism and Democracy/Benno Jubël	52,196	1.93
Ibrahima Fall	Independent	48,972	1.81
Cheikh Tidiane Gadio	Citizen Political Movement	26,655	0.98
Mor Dieng	Party of Hope	11,402	0.42
Djibril Ngom	Independent	10,207	0.38
Oumar Khassimou Dia	Humanist Party Ñaxx Jariñu	6,469	0.24
Amsatou Sow Sidibé	Convergence Movement of Actors for the Defence of Republican Values–Lennen	5,167	0.19
Doudou Ndoye	Union for the Republic	4,566	0.17
Diouma Dieng Diakhaté	Jogal Democratic Initiative Party	3,354	0.12
Valid votes		2,706,789	100.00	2,901,800	100.00
Invalid votes		28,346	1.04	14,093	0.48
Total votes (turnout: 51.6%/55.0%)		2,735,135	100.00	2,915,893	100.00
Source: African Elections Database

See also

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

External links

• World Statesmen – Senegal