Macky Sall
| Macky Sall | |
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| 4th President of Senegal | |
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Assumed office 2 April 2012 |
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| Prime Minister |
Abdoul Mbaye Aminata Touré Mohamed Dionne |
| Preceded by | Abdoulaye Wade |
| Prime Minister of Senegal | |
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In office 21 April 2004 – 19 June 2007 |
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| President | Abdoulaye Wade |
| Preceded by | Idrissa Seck |
| Succeeded by | Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré |
| President of the National Assembly | |
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In office 20 June 2007 – 9 November 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Pape Diop |
| Succeeded by | Mamadou Seck |
| Mayor of Fatick | |
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In office 1 April 2009 – 2 April 2012 |
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| Deputy | Famara Sarr |
| Preceded by | Doudou Ngom |
| Succeeded by | Famara Sarr |
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In office 1 June 2002 – 9 November 2008 |
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| Deputy | Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye |
| Preceded by | Doudou Ngom |
| Succeeded by | Doudou Ngom |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
11 December 1961 Fatick, Senegal |
| Political party |
Senegalese Democratic Party (Before 2008) Alliance for the Republic (2008–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Mareme Faye Sall |
| Alma mater |
Cheikh Anta Diop University Institute of French Petroleum |
| Religion | Islam |
Macky Sall (born 11 December 1961) is a Senegalese politician who has been President of Senegal since April 2012. Under President Abdoulaye Wade, Sall was Prime Minister of Senegal from April 2004 to June 2007 and President of the National Assembly of Senegal from June 2007 to November 2008. He was the Mayor of Fatick from 2002 to 2008 and held that post again from 2009 to 2012.
Sall was a long-time member of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS). After coming into conflict with Wade, he was removed from his post as President of the National Assembly in November 2008; he consequently founded his own party named APR, and joined the opposition. Placing second in the first round of the 2012 presidential election, he won the backing of other opposition candidates and prevailed over Wade in the second round of voting, held on 25 March 2012.
Sall was one of five children born to Amadou Abdoul Sall and Coumba Thimbo, who was a state worker and then a caretaker, and Coumba Thimbo, a peanut seller. He was raised in Fatick and Futa Tooro.
Sall's father was a member of the Socialist Party of Senegal (PS), but, at the high school in Kaolack, Sall associated with the Maoists at the encouragement of his brother-in-law. During his studies at the University of Dakar he was involved in the Marxist-Leninist movement, And-Jëf, led by Landing Savané. He soon left And-Jëf, since he did not share the ideas of the movement or Savané's use a boycott strategy against the PS in the 1983 election, in which Sall voted for the liberal Abdoulaye Wade, as he did again in 1988.
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