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Bécaye Diop
Bécaye Diop (born 1945) is a Senegalese politician, who is a member of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) and has held several ministerial positions. Biography Originally from Fuladu (Upper Casamance), Diop achieved a from the for vocational training in Ziguinchor in 1961 and then became a schoolteacher, headmaster of an elementary school, and mayor of Kolda. In 2000, when President Abdoulaye Wade and the Senegalese Democratic Party came to power, he was named ministerial delegate for the ministry of education, in charge of vocational education, professional training, literacy and national languages. On 1 October 2002, the Minister of the Armed Forces, Youba Sambou was dismissed, following the sinking of the on 26 September 2002. On 6 November 2002, Bécaye Diop succeeded him as head of the Ministry of the Armed Forces. He retained this role in several successive cabinets (those of Idrissa Seck, Habib Thiam and Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré). On this extraordinary longevity, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youba Sambou
Youba Sambou (born 1944) is a Senegalese politician from Casamance who served in the government of Senegal as Minister of the Armed Forces from 2000 to 2002. He also served as Mayor of Bignona and was elected as a member of the National Assembly in 2007. Biography Youba Sambou is of Jola descent and was born in Mlomp in Bignona Department in 1944. During the 1960s and 70s, he taught mathematics and physics at several lycées, before being appointed as a headmaster, initially in Diourbel and eventually (after a short administrative interlude in Paris) in Bignona in the 1990s. Alongside his teaching duties, he took an active role in the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS). When PDS came to power in 2000, Sambou was named Minister of the Armed Forces in the cabinet of Moustapha Niasse, replacing Cheikh Hamidou Kane Mathiara of the Socialist Party. He was confirmed in his role on 12 May 2001. The sinking of the with more than 1800 victims took place during his tenure and he had to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |