Aminata Mbengue Ndiaye is a

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

ese politician. In 2012, she was appointed Minister of Livestock and Animal Production in the government of Prime Minister Abdou Mbaye and from 2014 under the government of Prime Minister Mahammad Boun Abdallah Dionne until 5 April 2019, when she was named Minister of Fishery and Maritime Economy Ministre des Pêches et de l’Economie maritime. She also serves as mayor of

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, and is currently chair of the women's movement of the

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. Previously, Ndiaye served as Minister of Women, Children and the Family, as well as Minister of Social Development and National Solidarity under the presidency of Abdou Diouf. Ndiaye is a member of the Pan-African Parliament.

Biography

Born to El Hadj Ali Mbengue, a civil servant, in Louga, Senegal. Attended Lycée Ahmed Fall in Saint-Louis and later Lycée Kennedy before École normale d'enseignement technique and École national d’économie appliqué (ENEA). Member of the Senegalese national basketball team at the Second All African Games in

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in 1973.

References

Bibliography

* "Aminata Mbengue Ndiaye", in ''The HerStory Project: Volume 1'', edited by Anthonia Makwemoisa

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, Dakar, , 2011, page 211–217. * "Aminata Mbengue Ndiaye : La 'gardienne du temple' socialiste", in ''Femmes au Sénégal'', ''Les Cahiers de l'Alternance'' (Dakar),

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and Centre d'études des sciences et techniques de l'information (CESTI), issue 10, December 2006, page 91. (in French) Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Socialist Party of Senegal politicians Government ministers of Senegal Family ministers of Senegal Fisheries ministers of Senegal Women's ministers of Senegal Members of the Pan-African Parliament from Senegal 21st-century Senegalese women politicians 21st-century Senegalese politicians Women mayors of places in Senegal Mayors of places in Senegal Women government ministers of Senegal Women members of the Pan-African Parliament {{Senegal-politician-stub