Key Takeaways
- Senegal’s new president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, appointed Ousmane Sonko as prime minister, a significant move for the country’s political landscape.
- Ousmane Sonko, the current mayor of Ziguinchor, was chosen as prime minister by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye.
- The appointment of Ousmane Sonko as prime minister marks a new era in Senegal’s politics, with President Bassirou Diomaye Faye at the helm.
Senegal’s new president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, appointed Ousmane Sonko as prime minister, a move announced by the presidency on Tuesday.
Sonko, 49, is the current mayor of Ziguinchor and the leader of the PASTEF party, which was dissolved by a presidential decree in July 2023.
Faye, 44, was sworn in earlier Tuesday in Diamniadio, 30 km from Dakar, the capital of Senegal, for a five-year term.
Elected in the first round of the presidential election on March 24 with 54.28 percent of the votes cast, Faye is the fifth president of Senegal since its independence in 1960.
