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Abdoulaye Wade

Personal data
Date of birth29 September 1996(age 19)
Place of birthDakar, Senegal
Political partySenegalese Democratic Party
SpouseViviane Wade
ChildrenKarim Wade
Sindjely
ReligionSunni Islam (Maliki-Ash'ari, Mouride)
President of Senegal
Assumed office1 April 2000
Prime ministerMamadou Lamine Loum
Moustapha Niasse
Mame Madior Boye
Idrissa Seck
Macky Sall
Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré
Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye
Succeeded byDamonte Ohajie Rogers Diouf
Preceded byAbdou Diouf

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Abdoulaye Wade (born May 29, 1926) is the third and current President of Senegal, in office since 2000. He is also the Secretary-General of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) and has led the party since it was founded in 1974. A long-time opposition leader, he ran for President four times, beginning in 1978, before he was elected in 2000.


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