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Affiliation | Senegalese Democratic |
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Name | Abdoulaye Wade |
Address | , , Senegal |
Email | None |
Website | None |
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May 29, 1926
(98 years)
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Contributor | MadViking |
Last Modifed | IndyGeorgia Jan 16, 2021 02:37pm |
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Info | Me Abdoulaye Wade is the third President of Senegal, (since 2000) and the leader of the Senegalese Democratic Party, a liberal party, member of the Liberal International. He led the opposition for decades and was at times exiled and imprisoned for his political activities. He became president on April 1, 2000, after defeating the incumbent, Abdou Diouf, but was forced to cohabit with the former ruling party (the Socialists, which held a majority in the legislature until the Democratic Party's victory in the 2001 parliamentary elections.
A new constitution was written in 2001, under the terms of which future presidents will be limited to 5-year terms after the completion of Wade's present 7-year term in 2007.
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