PAST PRESIDENTS OF SENEGAL TILL DATE

This post discusses the past presidents of Senegal till date, it also explain the term duration and the limits for each of them in office.

The president of Senegal is the head of state and head of government of Senegal. In accordance with the constitutional reform of 2001 and since a referendum that took place on 20 March 2016, the president is elected for a 5-year term, with a limit of two consecutive terms. The following is a list of presidents of Senegal, since the country gained independence from France in 1960.

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Term duration

In January 2001, during Abdoulaye Wade’s first term, a constitutional referendum reduced the presidential term from seven to five years.

Read: POLITICAL HISTORY OF SENEGAL

In July 2008, during Wade’s second term, the National Assembly approved a constitutional amendment increasing the length of the presidential term to seven years, as it was prior to the adoption of the 2001 constitution. This extension didn’t apply to Abdoulaye Wade’s 2007–2012 term.

In 2016, during Macky Sall’s first term, per another constitutional referendum, the length of the presidential term was decreased back to five years. The amendments were adopted in constitutional law № 2016-10

Term limits

As of 2021, there is a two-term limit for the president in the Constitution of Senegal. There was an attempt to modify the term limits in 2012 for Abdoulaye Wade, but it did not materialize.

PRESIDENTS OF SENEGAL (1960–PRESENT)