Maïmouna Kane

Maïmouna Kane
Born(1937-03-13)13 March 1937
Dakar, Senegal
Died1 March 2019(2019-03-01) (aged 81)
Paris
NationalitySenegalese
Occupation(s)Judge and politician

Maïmouna Kane (13 March 1937 − 1 March 2019) was a Senegalese jurist and politician.

Biography

Kane was born in Dakar. She was a judge at the Supreme Court of Senegal, and member of the government under president Abdou Diouf.[1] On 15 March, 1978, she was appointed State Secretary to the Prime Minister responsible for the Status of Women. She was appointed alongside Caroline Faye Diop, making them the first women appointed ministers in Senegal.[2] She was promoted to Minister of Social Development by Moustapha Niasse on 5 April 1983,[2] serving until 2 January 1986.[3]

Kane died in Paris on 1 March 2019.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Nécrologie : Maimouna Kane, première femme ministre tire sa révérence". pressafrik.com (in French). Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Obituary … The first woman minister in Senegal has passed away". Africazine. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Gouvernements du Senegal de 1957 à 2007" (PDF). sengenre-ucad.org (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 February 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2019.


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