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.
On 14 May 2019, the post was removed and no longer active.[1]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
|
292 days
|
PASTEF
|
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