Alioune Badara Cissé

Alioune Badara Cissé (7 February 1958 – 28 August 2021) was a Senegalese politician.^[1]

Alioune Badara Cissé
Foreign Minister of Senegal
In office 4 April 2012 – 29 October 2012
President	Macky Sall
Preceded by	Madické Niang [fr]
Succeeded by	Mankeur Ndiaye [fr]
Personal details
Born	7 February 1958 Saint-Louis, Senegal, French West Africa
Died	28 August 2021(2021-08-28) (aged 63) Dakar, Senegal
Nationality	Senegalese
Political party	APR

A member of the Alliance for the Republic (APR), he served as Foreign Minister of Senegal from 4 April to 29 October 2012.

Biography

Born in Saint-Louis on 7 February 1958, Cissé passed his primary studies in his native city. He studied foreign language application in English and Spanish at Cheikh Anta Diop University and graduated in 1980. He then studied at Jean Monnet University and the Institut d'études politiques de Toulouse.^[2]

In 1988, Cissé returned to Senegal and was admitted to the Dakar Bar, becoming a lawyer in 1992. That year, he was awarded the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program to study at the University of Minnesota. He earned a doctorate in law from Hamline University School of Law in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

In 2007, Cissé became a special advisor to Prime Minister Macky Sall. When Sall became President, he appointed Cissé to be Foreign Minister. He held the position for seven months before returning to his activities as a lawyer. In August 2015, he was appointed Mediator of the Republic, replacing Serigne Diop.^[3]

Alioune Badara Cissé died from complications of COVID-19 in Dakar on 28 August 2021 at the age of 63.^[4][5]