Alioune Badara Cissé (7 February 1958 – 28 August 2021) was a Senegalese politician. A member of the Alliance for the Republic (APR), he served as

Foreign Minister of Senegal The Foreign Minister of Senegal is a Cabinet (government), cabinet-level position in the government of the Republic of Senegal. The position was founded upon independence of Senegal from France in 1960. * List of Foreign Ministers of Senegal ...

from 4 April to 29 October 2012.

Biography

Born in Saint-Louis on 7 February 1958, Cissé passed his primary studies in his native city. He studied foreign language application in English and Spanish at

Cheikh Anta Diop University Cheikh Anta Diop University (french: Université Cheikh Anta Diop or UCAD), also known as the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, is a university in Dakar, Senegal. It is named after the Senegalese physicist, historian and anthropologist Cheikh ...

and graduated in 1980. He then studied at

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and the

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. In 1988, Cissé returned to Senegal and was admitted to the Dakar Bar, becoming a lawyer in 1992. That year, he was awarded the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program to study at the

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. He earned a doctorate in law from

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. In 2007, Cissé became a special advisor to

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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 ...

. When Sall became

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, he appointed Cissé to be Foreign Minister. He held the position for seven months before returning to his activities as a lawyer. In August 2015, he was appointed Mediator of the Republic, replacing Serigne Diop. Alioune Badara Cissé died from complications of

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in Dakar on 28 August 2021 at the age of 63.

References

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