Macky Sall

Infobox Prime Minister
name = Macky Sall


caption =
order = Prime Minister of Senegal
president = Abdoulaye Wade
deputy =
term_start = 21 April 2004
term_end = 19 June 2007
predecessor = Idrissa Seck
successor = Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré
birth_date = 11 December 1961
birth_place = Fatick, Senegal
party = Senegalese Democratic Party
religion =
spouse =

Macky Sall (born December 11, 1961 [http://web.archive.org/web/20060521171806/http://www.gouv.sn/ministeres/primature/ministre.html Official Senegalese government page for Sall] (from 2006).] ) is a Senegalese politician. He was the Prime Minister of Senegal from April 2004 to June 2007 and has been the President of the National Assembly of Senegal since June 2007. He is a member of the ruling Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS).

Sall was born in Fatick. He became Secretary-General of the Regional Convention of the PDS in Fatick in 1998 and served as the PDS National Secretary in charge of Mines and Industry. He was Special Advisor for Energy and Mines to President Abdoulaye Wade from April 6 2000 to May 12 2001, as well as Director-General of the "Société des Pétroles du Sénégal" (PETROSEN) from December 13 2000 to July 5 2001. He became Minister of Mines, Energy and Hydraulics on May 12 2001, and he was promoted to the rank of Minister of State, while retaining his portfolio, on November 6 2002. He additionally became the Mayor of Fatick on June 1 2002.

On August 27 2003, he was moved from his position as Minister of State for Mines, Energy and Hydraulics to that of Minister of State for the Interior and Local Communities, also becoming Government Spokesman. He was then appointed as Prime Minister by Wade on April 21, 2004, when his predecessor, Idrissa Seck, was dismissed. [ [http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=86&art_id=qw1082692624677B252 "Senegal PM appoints new cabinet"] , AFP ("IOL"), April 23, 2004.] On April 25 2004, Seck became Vice-President of the PDS Steering Committee.

Sall served as the director of Wade's re-election campaign for the February 2007 presidential election, [ [http://www.apanews.net/apa.php?page=show_article&id_article=20352 "Incumbent Senegalese President’s campaign team set up"] , African Press Agency, February 3, 2007.] in which Wade was victorious, obtaining a majority in the first round. After Wade was sworn in, Sall submitted his resignation on April 10 and was immediately reappointed, with the government unchanged. [ [http://www.jeuneafrique.com/fluxafp/fil_info.asp?art_cle=36137 "Sénégal: le Premier ministre démissionne, est reconduit à son poste"] , AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), April 11, 2007 fr icon.]

Following the June 2007 parliamentary election, Wade named former Minister Delegate for the Budget Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré as Prime Minister on June 19, replacing Sall, who had resigned along with his government shortly beforehand. Sall said that he was proud of what he had accomplished as Prime Minister. [ [http://www.jeuneafrique.com/fluxafp/fil_info.asp?art_cle=37477 "Sénégal: un technocrate nommé au poste de Premier ministre"] , AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), June 19, 2007 fr icon.]

On June 20, Sall was elected President of the National Assembly; he was the only candidate and received 143 votes out of 146 deputies present. [ [http://www.jeuneafrique.com/fluxafp/fil_info.asp?art_cle=37512 "Sénégal : l'ex-Premier ministre Macky Sall élu président de l'Assemblée"] , AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), June 20, 2007 fr icon.] Sall and Wade came into conflict later in 2007 when Sall called Wade's son Karim, the President of the National Agency of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), for a hearing in the National Assembly regarding construction sites in Dakar for the OIC Summit planned to take place there in March 2008. [http://www.apanews.net/apa.php?page=show_article&id_article=51042 "Abdoulaye Wade et le président de l’Assemblée nationale, Macky Sall, font la paix"] , African Press Agency, January 4, 2008 fr icon.] In November 2007, the PDS Steering Committee abolished Sall's position of Deputy Secretary-General, which had been the second most powerful position in the party, and it decided to submit a bill to the National Assembly that would reduce the term of the President of the National Assembly from five years to one year. [ [http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200711190847.html "Sénégal: Le Comité directeur du PDS supprime le poste de secrétaire général adjoint occupé par Macky Sall"] , Agence de Presse Sénégalaise (allAfrica.com), November 18, 2007 fr icon.] Following the death of Mourides religious leader Sérigne Saliou Mbacké in late December 2007, his successor, Serigne Mouhamadou Lamine Bara Mbacké, asked Wade to forgive Sall; Wade then met with Sall and the two were said to have made peace in early January 2008.

Sall nevertheless remained at odds with the PDS leadership in 2008. In September 2008, a PDS deputy presented the bill to reduce the term of the President of the National Assembly to one year, and later in the month, Sall was called before the PDS Disciplinary Committee, although he did not appear. On this occasion, Sall was accused of divisive personal initiatives within the party; he also allegedly committed "acts aimed at undermining the image of the party and country", referring in particular to Sall's visits to the Senate of France and the United States Democratic Party's 2008 Convention. A statement released by Sall's political adviser condemned the move to discipline Sall as an "attempt at political liquidation". [ [http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gOgPj0HXyOac8XeLuSh7J3U9tlcg "Sénégal: le président de l'Assemblée dénonce "une tentative de liquidation politique""] , AFP, September 14, 2008 fr icon.]

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