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Amath Dansokho (January 13, 1937"Ce que Dansokho a réellement dit à la Dic", ''Le Messager'', 10 April 2006 . – August 23, 2019) was a
Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ðž ...
ese politician. He was Secretary-General of the
Party of Independence and Work The Party of Independence and Labour () is a socialist and formerly communist political party in Senegal. For years it was led by Amath Dansokho. History PIT emerged from the Senegalese branch of the African Independence Party (PAI). At the tim ...
(PIT) for years; he also served in the government of Senegal as Minister of Urban Planning and Housing from 1991 to 1995 and again, briefly, in 2000. He was mayor of
Kédougou Kédougou (Wolof: Keédugu) is a town in the Kédougou Region of south-eastern Senegal near the border with Mali and Guinea. It lies at an elevation of above sea level. Founded in the early 20th century by the Malinké people, Kédougou means ...
for a time. Since 2012, he was a special adviser to the president of Senegal; he was also honorary president of the PIT.


Political career

Dansokho was born in Kédougou. He was a member of the
African Independence Party African Independence Party (in French: ''Parti Africain de l'Indépendance'') was a communist party in French West Africa (AOF). PAI was founded in Thiès, Senegal in 1957. Later as AOF was dissolved into independent countries the local PAI sectio ...
from 1957 to 1959 and lived in exile from 1960 to 1977. In 1983 he was first elected to the
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as a PIT candidate, and he became Secretary-General of the PIT in 1984,"Dansokho Amath", ''Senegal: Les Hommes de Pouvoir'', number 5
Africa Intelligence
17 July 2001 .
following the death of
Seydou Cissokho Seydou Cissokho (September 6, 1929 – March 10, 1986) was a Senegalese politician. Youth Cissokho was born at Bakel. His father worked as a blacksmith. The young Cissokho became a school teacher. He finished his secondary education in 1949. ...
. He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a PIT candidate in 1988. From April 1991 to September 1995, Dansokho served in the government as Minister of Urban Planning and Housing; he was re-elected to the National Assembly in 1993 and 1998. Subsequently, he supported opposition candidate
Abdoulaye Wade Abdoulaye Wade (born 29 May 1926)
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in the 2000 presidential election, and after Wade's victory he was named Minister of Urban Planning and Housing in the new government formed in April 2000. However, he became critical of Wade and was dismissed from the government in November 2000,Ambroise Ebonda
"Wade brise l'aile gauche du Sopi"
, ''Le Messager'', number 1,837, March 14, 2005 .
becoming the first of Wade's leftist allies from the 2000 election to be jettisoned. As a candidate on his party's national list, Dansokho was the only PIT candidate to be elected to the National Assembly in the April 2001 parliamentary election. He also served as the Eighth Vice-President of the National Assembly during the parliamentary term that followed the election. Speaking in 2002, Dansokho said that Wade was too arrogant and that his relations with other African leaders were lacking due to that characteristic; he also said that "if
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had become president of Senegal in the 1960s, he would have proclaimed himself emperor." The PIT joined the Coalition Alternative 2007 for the 2007 presidential and parliamentary elections. In December 2006,
Moustapha Niasse Moustapha Niasse (born November 4, 1939
.
) is a Senegalese politician and diplomat who has been List ...
was designated as the coalition's candidate in the February 2007 presidential election and Dansokho was designated to head the coalition's list in the
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, which was later scheduled to be held in June 2007. After the presidential election, in which Wade was re-elected, Wade mentioned Dansokho as one of several opposition politicians who would be facing prosecution for corruption. Dansokho was accused of selling lands around the international airport while he was Minister of Urban Planning and of embezzling 17 million
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s as mayor of Kédougou. He dismissed these charges, calling Wade a coward. Dansokho, acting as spokesman for 12 opposition parties, announced a boycott of the parliamentary election on April 2, 2007, and as a result of this the PIT did not participate in the election. Dansokho was not included on the municipal candidate list of the
Benno Siggil Senegaal United to Boost Senegal ( wo, Bennoo Siggil Senegaal, BSS) is a Senegalese Political coalition, active in the 22 March 2009 Municipal elections in that country. The coalition is made up of members of a number of parties opposed to President of Sen ...
opposition coalition for Kédougou in the March 2009 local elections. According to Dansokho, he had already told the PIT Secretariat that he did not want to be mayor again due to poor health, but he still felt able to serve as a municipal councillor; nevertheless, he was not included on the opposition's municipal list. Dansokho said that he was excluded from the candidate list because he was known to be averse to corruption. He remained a regional councillor. Dansokho and the PIT supported
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 ...
against President Wade in the February–March 2012 presidential election. Sall defeated Wade, and after taking office he appointed Dansokho as Special Adviser to the President, with the rank of Minister of State, in April 2012. Speaking at the PIT's sixth congress in July 2016, Dansokho, as Honorary President of the PIT, reaffirmed the party's support for Sall, "as long as he remains on the right track".Serigne Mansour Sy Cisse
"6ème Congrès du Pit : Amath Dansokho réitère son soutien au chef de l’Etat"
''Le Soleil'', 25 July 2016 .


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dansokho, Amath Members of the National Assembly (Senegal) 1937 births 2019 deaths People from Kédougou Mayors of places in Senegal Housing ministers of Senegal Urban planning ministers of Senegal Party of Independence and Labour politicians