Prime Minister of Senegal

Prime Minister of the
Republic of Senegal
Prime Minister of the; Republic of Senegal
	Coat of Arms of Senegal
	Incumbent; Mohammed Dionne; since 8 July 2014
Appointer	Macky Sall,; as President of Senegal
Inaugural holder	Mamadou Dia
Formation	18 May 1960

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 seven-year term. The Prime Minister, in turn, appoints the Senegalese cabinet, after consultation with the President.

The following is a list of Prime Ministers of Senegal, since the country gained independence from France in 1960.

Key

Political parties

Socialist Party of Senegal (PSS)
Alliance of the Forces of Progress (AFP)
Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS)
Alliance for the Republic (APR)

Other factions

Independent

Prime Ministers of Senegal (1960–present)

№	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party
style="background-color:Template:Socialist Party of Senegal/meta/color; color:white;"\| 1	Mamadou Dia (1910–2009)	18 May 1960	18 December 1962	PSS
Post abolished (18 December 1962 – 26 February 1970)
style="background-color:Template:Socialist Party of Senegal/meta/color; color:white;"\| 2	Abdou Diouf (1935–)	26 February 1970	31 December 1980	PSS
style="background-color:Template:Socialist Party of Senegal/meta/color; color:white;"\| 3	Habib Thiam (1933–)	1 January 1981	3 April 1983	PSS
style="background-color:Template:Socialist Party of Senegal/meta/color; color:white;"\| —	Moustapha Niasse (1939–) Acting Prime Minister	3 April 1983	29 April 1983	PSS
Post abolished (29 April 1983 – 8 April 1991)
style="background-color:Template:Socialist Party of Senegal/meta/color; color:white;"\| (3)	Habib Thiam (1933–)	8 April 1991	3 July 1998	PSS
style="background-color:Template:Socialist Party of Senegal/meta/color; color:white;"\| 4	Mamadou Lamine Loum (1952–)^[1]	3 July 1998	5 April 2000	PSS
style="background-color:Template:Alliance of the Forces of Progress (Senegal)/meta/color; color:white;"\| 5	Moustapha Niasse (1939–)^[1]	5 April 2000	3 March 2001	AFP
style="background-color:Template:Senegalese Democratic Party/meta/color; color:white;"\| 6	Mame Madior Boye (1940–)^[1]	3 March 2001	4 November 2002	PDS
style="background-color:Template:Senegalese Democratic Party/meta/color; color:white;"\| 7	Idrissa Seck (1960–)^[1]	4 November 2002	21 April 2004	PDS
style="background-color:Template:Senegalese Democratic Party/meta/color; color:white;"\| 8	Macky Sall (1961–)	21 April 2004	19 June 2007	PDS
style="background-color:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;"\| 9	Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré (1951–)	19 June 2007	30 April 2009	Independent
style="background-color:Template:Senegalese Democratic Party/meta/color; color:white;"\| 10	Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye (1958–)	30 April 2009	5 April 2012	PDS
style="background-color:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;"\| 11	Abdoul Mbaye (1953–)	5 April 2012	1 September 2013	Independent
style="background-color:Template:Alliance for the Republic (Senegal)/meta/color; color:white;"\| 12	Aminata Touré (1962–)	1 September 2013	8 July 2014	APR
style="background-color:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;"\| 13	Mohammed Dionne (1961–)	8 July 2014	Incumbent	Independent