Events in the year 2022 in

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

Macky Sall Macky Sall (, wo, Maki Sàll, fuc, 𞤃𞤢𞤳𞤭 𞤅𞤢𞤤‎, italic=no, Maki Sal; born 11 December 1961) is a Senegalese politician who has been President of Senegal since April 2012. He was re-elected President in the first round voti ...

(since 2012)

Events

Ongoing –

COVID-19 pandemic in Senegal The COVID-19 pandemic in Senegal is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was confirmed to have reached Senegal on March 2, 2020. __TOC__ Bac ...

May

* 26 May: A hospital fire kills 11 babies in a neonatal ward. As a result,

Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr (born 20th-century) is a Senegalese politician. Political career He was Minister of Health until he was sacked by President Macky Sall on 26 May 2022 following a hospital fire that killed 11 babies in the city of Tivaouane ...

is sacked as Minister of Health.

July

* 31 July:

2022 Senegalese parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Senegal on 31 July 2022. Electoral system The 165 members of the National Assembly are elected by two methods; 112 are elected by either first-past-the-post or party bloc vote in 54 single- or multi-member ...

December

* 1 December: In the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repre ...

pregnant MP

Amy Ndiaye Amy Ndiaye is a Senegalese politician who is a member of the National Assembly from the ruling Benno Bokk Yakaar coalition. Attack On 1 December 2022, a pregnant Ndiaye was involved in a fight with two fellow MPs in the chamber while it was in ...

is attacked by fellow MPs

Mamadou Niang Mamadou Hamidou Niang (born 13 October 1979) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a striker. He has represented Senegal at international level, participating in the 2004, 2006, and 2008 African Cup of Nations. He is t ...

and

Massata Samb Massata Samb is a Senegalese politician who is a member of the National Assembly. Attack On 1 December 2022, Samb and fellow opposition lawmaker Mamadou Niang were involved in a fight with pregnant MP Amy Ndiaye in the chamber while it was in ...

Deaths

* 17 January:

Karim Ouellet Karim Ouellet (December 8, 1984 – November 15, 2021) was a Senegalese-born Canadian pop singer-songwriter. He released three albums between 2011 and 2016; his second album ''Fox'' won a Juno Award in 2014. Early life Ouellet was born in Dakar ...

, 37, Senegalese-born Canadian singer-songwriter. * 18 June: Mamadou Sarr, 83, Olympic sprinter (

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...

). * 18 November:

Youssou Diagne Youssou Diagne (29 August 1938 – 18 November 2022) was a Senegalese politician who was the seventh President of the National Assembly, from 2001 to 2002. Biography Born in Mbour, he studied at the Catholic school in Popenguine and then in Diou ...

, 84, politician, president of the National Assembly (2001–2002).

References

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