Abdoulaye Wade

Politician

1926 –

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Who is Abdoulaye Wade?

Abdoulaye Wade is a Senegalese politician who was President of Senegal from 2000 to 2012. He is also the Secretary-General of the Senegalese Democratic Party 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. He won re-election in 2007 with a majority in the first round, but in 2012 he was defeated in a controversial bid for a third term.

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Born
May 29, 1926
Kébémer Department
Spouses
Children
Religion
  • Islam
  • Maliki
  • Sunni Islam
Ethnicity
  • Wolof people
Profession
Education
  • Lycée Condorcet

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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