Abdoulaye Baldé (born 16 January 1964)CV at abdoulayebalde.com
."Baldé Abdoulaye", ''Senegal: Les hommes de pouvoir'', number 6, Africa Intelligence, 27 November 2001 . is a

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ese politician. He served as

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of the Presidency under

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, beginning in 2001, and he was elected as Mayor of

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in 2009. He was a member of the

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of the

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(PDS).

Life and career

Baldé was born in Darsalam, located in

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. He was Commissioner of Police and Head of the National Brigade of Economic and Financial Affairs at the Division of Criminal Investigations from July 1991 to April 1992. Subsequentlyو he was ''Chargé de mission'' at the Presidency as Deputy to the Head of the Bureau of Analysis and Orientation (BAO) from 1992 to 2000. Under President Abdoulaye Wade, Baldé was appointed as Secretary-General of the Presidency on 12 May 2001. Also under President Wade, Baldé served as Executive Director of the National Agency of the

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. In addition to being a member of the PDS Steering Committee, Baldé was the Secretary-General of the PDS Communal Section in Ziguinchor. The

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(which included the PDS) won the March 2009 local election in Ziguinchor. Baldé headed the Sopi candidate list and was subsequently elected as Mayor; he succeeded

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on 18 April 2009. He was the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Equipment of Senegal until 2013 when he was succeeded by Papa Abdoulaye Seck. Balde has two children.

References

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