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Abdou Diouf

Abdou Diouf
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2nd Secretary General of La Francophonie
In office
1 January 2003 – 31 December 2014
Preceded by Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Succeeded by Michaëlle Jean
2nd President of Senegal
In office
1 January 1981 – 1 April 2000
Prime Minister Habib Thiam
Moustapha Niasse
Habib Thiam
Mamadou Lamine Loum
Preceded by Léopold Sédar Senghor
Succeeded by Abdoulaye Wade
Prime Minister of Senegal
In office
26 February 1970 – 31 December 1980
President Léopold Sédar Senghor
Preceded by Mamadou Dia (1962)
Succeeded by Habib Thiam
Personal details
Born (1935-09-07) 7 September 1935 (age 81)
Louga, French West Africa
(now Senegal)
Political party Socialist Party
Spouse(s) Elizabeth Diouf
Alma mater University of Dakar
Pantheon-Sorbonne University
Religion Sunni Islam (Maliki-Ash'ari, Tijani)

Abdou Diouf (About this sound pronunciation  AHB-doo D-YOO-F;Serer: Abdu Juuf; born September 7, 1935) is a Senegalese politician who served as the second President of Senegal from 1981 to 2000. Diouf is notable both for coming to power by peaceful succession, and leaving willingly after losing the 2000 presidential election to Abdoulaye Wade. He served as the second Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie from January 2003 to December 2014.

Diouf was born in Louga, Senegal, the child of an Halpulaar mother and a Serere father. He went to primary and secondary school at the Lycée Faidherbe in Saint-Louis, and studied law at Dakar University and then at the Sorbonne, Paris. Diouf graduated in 1959.


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