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Bassirou Diomaye Faye

Bassirou Diomaye Faye
Faye while giving a speech during a meeting with the President of the European Council, Charles Michel
Faye in 2024
5th President of Senegal
Assumed office
2 April 2024
Prime MinisterOusmane Sonko
Preceded byMacky Sall
General Secretary of PASTEF
In office
October 15, 2022 – April 3, 2024
LeaderOusmane Sonko
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byAyib Daffé
Personal details
Born (1980-03-25) 25 March 1980 (age 44)
Ndiaganiao, Senegal
Political partyPASTEF (2014–present)
Spouse(s)
(m. 2009)

Absa Faye
(m. 2023)
Children4
Alma materNational School of Administration, Dakar
Cheikh Anta Diop University
Occupation
  • Politician
  • tax official

Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye (Wolof: Basiiru Jomaay Jaxaar Fay; born 25 March 1980), commonly known mononymously as Diomaye, is a Senegalese politician and former tax official who is serving as the fifth and current president of Senegal since 2024. He is the general secretary of PASTEF, who won the 2024 Senegalese presidential election in place of disqualified candidate Ousmane Sonko, whom he later appointed as prime minister.


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