Mamadou Seck (politician)

Mamadou Seck is a Senegalese politician, currently serving as President of the National Assembly of Senegal. He was briefly Minister of Finance in 2001, and he was Minister of Infrastructure, Equipment and Transport from 2002 to 2006. He is also the Mayor of Mbao and is a member of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS).^[1]

Seck was Director-General of the Handling and Shipping Company (Société de manutention et de transit, Somicoa) in the 1980s. In connection with a case regarding the diversion of proceeds from the sale of food aid, Seck was given a two-year suspended sentence in 1988. Seck denied wrongdoing.^[1][2]

In the government of Prime Minister Mame Madior Boye, appointed on 12 May 2001, Seck was included as Minister of the Economy and Finance. However, his appointment caused attention to be focused on his conviction in the late 1980s,^[1] and as a result he promptly resigned from the government on 23 May 2001. According to Seck, he felt this was necessary due to the nature of the allegations and the doubts some had regarding his moral integrity.^[1][2] He was subsequently cleared of wrongdoing by the Court of Appeal in Dakar.^[1]

Seck was later appointed to the government as Minister of Infrastructure, Equipment and Transport on 6 November 2002.^[3] He held that post until 1 February 2006,^[2] when Habib Sy was appointed to replace him. In the June 2007 parliamentary election, Seck was elected to the National Assembly^[1] on a departmental list of the Sopi Coalition.^[4] He then became the President of the National Assembly's Finance, General Economy, Planning, and Cooperation Committee.^[1]

After Macky Sall, the President of the National Assembly, was removed from his position, Seck was elected as President of the National Assembly on 16 November 2008.^[5][6] There were 130 votes in favor of Seck and three against him.^[5]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} Malik Ciss, "PORTRAIT - MAMADOU SECK, la pondération alliée à l’intégrité", Le Soleil (French).
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Nouvellement élu : Qui est le dixième président de l’Assemblée ?", Nettali and APS (walf.sn) (French).
3. ^ "Liste du nouveau gouvernement sénégalais du 06 novembre 2002", Sangonet.com (French).
4. ^ List of deputies, National Assembly website (accessed November 15, 2008) (French).
5. ^ ^{a b} "Mamadou Seck becomes Senegal's new parliament speaker", Pana (afriquenligne.fr), 17 November 2008.
6. ^ "Sénégal : Mamdou Seck élu nouveau président de l'Assemblée nationale", Xinhua, 18 November 2008 (French).