Prime Minister of Senegal

The Prime Minister of Senegal was the head of government of Senegal. The Prime Minister was appointed by the President of Senegal, who is directly elected for a five-year term. The Prime Minister, in turn, appointed the Senegalese cabinet.

Prime Minister of the Republic of Senegal
Coat of Arms of Senegal
Incumbent Ousmane Sonko since 3 April 2024
Appointer	Bassirou Diomaye Faye, as President of Senegal
Inaugural holder	Mamadou Dia
Formation	18 May 1960

On 14 May 2019, the post was removed and no longer active.^[1]

In November 2021, Macky Sall announced the return of the post of prime minister suppressed since 2019.

List

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political Party
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
—		Modibo Keïta	1956	1958		PSS
1		Mamadou Dia (1910–2009)	18 May 1958	18 December 1962	2 years, 213 days	PSS
Post abolished (18 December 1962 – 26 February 1970)
2		Abdou Diouf (1935–)	26 February 1970	31 December 1980	10 years, 310 days	PSS
3		Habib Thiam (1933–2017)	1 January 1981	3 April 1983	2 years, 93 days	PSS
—		Moustapha Niasse (1939–) Acting Prime Minister	3 April 1983	29 April 1983	26 days	PSS
Post abolished (29 April 1983 – 8 April 1991)
(3)		Habib Thiam (1933–2017)	8 April 1991	3 July 1998	7 years, 85 days	PSS
4		Mamadou Lamine Loum (1952–)[2]	3 July 1998	5 April 2000	1 year, 275 days	PSS
5		Moustapha Niasse (1939–)[2]	5 April 2000	3 March 2001	332 days	AFP
6		Mame Madior Boye (1940–)[2]	3 March 2001	4 November 2002	1 year, 246 days	PDS
7		Idrissa Seck (1960–)[2]	4 November 2002	21 July 2004	1 year, 189 days	PDS
8		Macky Sall (1961–)	21 July 2004	19 June 2007	2 years, 353 days	PDS
9		Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré (1951–)	19 June 2007	30 April 2009	1 year, 315 days	Independent
10		Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye (1958–)	30 April 2009	5 April 2012	2 years, 340 days	PDS
11		Abdoul Mbaye (1953–)	5 April 2012	1 September 2013	1 year, 148 days	Independent
12		Aminata Touré (1962–)	1 September 2013	8 July 2014	310 days	APR
13		Mohammed Dionne (1959–2024)	8 July 2014	14 May 2019	4 years, 50 days	Independent
Post abolished (14 May 2019 – 17 September 2022)
14		Amadou Ba (born 1961)	17 September 2022	6 March 2024	1 year, 171 days	APR
15		Sidiki Kaba (born 1950)	6 March 2024	3 April 2024	28 days	APR
16		Ousmane Sonko (born 1974)	3 April 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 131 days	PASTEF