Prime Minister of Senegal

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The Prime Minister of Senegal is the head of government of Senegal. The Prime Minister is appointed by the President of Senegal, who is directly elected for a five year term. The Prime Minister, in turn, appoints the Senegalese cabinet, after consultation with the President.

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

#	Picture	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Political Party
1		Mamadou Dia	18 May 1960	18 December 1962	Senegalese Progressive Union
Post abolished (18 December 1962-26 February 1970)
2		Abdou Diouf	26 February 1970	31 December 1980	Senegalese Progressive Union (until 1976), Socialist Party of Senegal (from 1976)
3		Habib Thiam, 1st time	1 January 1981	3 April 1983	Socialist Party of Senegal
–		Moustapha Niasse (acting)	3 April 1983	29 April 1983	Socialist Party of Senegal
Post abolished (29 April 1983-8 April 1991)
(3)		Habib Thiam, 2nd time	8 April 1991	3 July 1998	Socialist Party of Senegal
4		Mamadou Lamine Loum	3 July 1998	5 April 2000	Socialist Party of Senegal
5		Moustapha Niasse	5 April 2000	3 March 2001	Alliance of the Forces of Progress
6		Mame Madior Boye	3 March 2001	4 November 2002	Senegalese Democratic Party
7		Idrissa Seck	4 November 2002	21 April 2004	Senegalese Democratic Party
8		Macky Sall	21 April 2004	19 June 2007	Senegalese Democratic Party
9		Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré	19 June 2007	30 April 2009	Independent
10		Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye	30 April 2009	Incumbent	Senegalese Democratic Party

See also

• List of colonial heads of French Sénégal
• List of Presidents of Senegal