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Macky Sall

Fourth president of Senegal, 2012–2 April 2024.

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From 2012 until 2024, Macky Sall was the fourth person to hold the office of President of Senegal.[1]

Life and work

He joined the Senegalese Democratic Party in the late 1980s and became Secretary-General of its Fatick regional convention in 1998.[2][3] Under Sall's leadership, annual GDP grew from $17 billion to $27 billion.[4] On 3 February 2024, Sall ordered the indefinite postponement of the presidential election, which was later overturned by the Constitutional Council.[5][6] He left office on 2 April 2024 after the election was won by Bassirou Diomaye Faye.[7]

Amadou Abdoul Sall, a state worker who later became a caretaker, and Coumba Thimbo, a peanut seller, had five children; Macky Sall was one of them.[3]

What the cited sources add

The same source states that Sall was involved in the Marxist-Leninist movement And-Jëf during his university studies but left because he disagreed with its boycott strategy.[3] The France 24 report states that Sall oversaw major infrastructure projects including a new airport and town near Dakar.[8] The same source reports that three people were killed in protests following the postponement.[9] The Journal of Democracy article characterizes Sall's effort to postpone the election as a self-coup attempt, noting that this occurred in February 2024.[9]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Macky Sall" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Official Senegalese government page for Sall", 2006 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Macky Sall" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Nicolas Bégasse, « Sénégal: Quand l'élève Macky Sall défie le maître Abdoulaye Wade », 20minutes.fr, 28 February 2012. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Macky Sall" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Sénégal : Macky Sall, monsieur le président ?", JeuneAfrique.com (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Macky Sall" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "President Macky Sall rules out third-term re-election bid, spelling relief for tense Senegal", France 24, 2023-07-04; "Senegal's Remarkable Win for Democracy", Journal of Democracy, 2024; "The Demise of Senegalese Democracy", Journal of Democracy, 2024; Yates, "Macky Sall throws Senegal's democratic credentials into doubt", The Conversation, 2024-02-07; Toto, "How Macky Sall Provoked a Constitutional Crisis in Senegal", Foreign Policy, 2024-12-12 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Macky Sall" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Senegal President Calls Off February 25 Election", Barron's, 3 February 2024; "Senegal's leader postpones Feb. 25 presidential vote, citing controversies over candidate lists", Associated Press, 4 February 2024 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Macky Sall" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Senegal's Constitutional Council overturns delay of Feb. 25 presidential poll", France 24, 16 February 2024 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Macky Sall" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Senegal to hold delayed presidential election on March 24", Africanews, 2024-03-07; "Senegal president announces March election", BBC, 6 March 2024; "Senegal's Constitutional Council agrees to March 24 election date for delayed presidential poll", France 24, 7 March 2024; "Bassirou Diomaye Faye sworn in as Senegal's 5th president", Voice of America, 2 April 2024; Fall, "Why Senegal's Democracy Survived", Journal of Democracy, 2025, p. 126–138 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. "President Macky Sall rules out third-term re-election bid, spelling relief for tense Senegal", France 24, 2023-07-04. facts only, no text reused. france24.com
  9. "Senegal's Remarkable Win for Democracy", Journal of Democracy, 2024. facts only, no text reused. journalofdemocracy.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Macky Sall (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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