Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré (born 1951
.) was

Prime Minister of Senegal The Prime Minister of Senegal is the head of government of Senegal. The Prime Minister is appointed by the President of Senegal, who is directly elected for a five-year term. The Prime Minister, in turn, appoints the Senegalese cabinet, after ...

from 2007 to 2009 and Chairman of the Commission of the

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from 2011 to 2016.

Life and career

Soumaré was born in

Dakar Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar metropolitan area is estimated at 3.94 million in 2 ...

and raised in

Thiès Thiès (; ar, ثيس, Ṯyass; Noon: ''Chess'') is the third largest city in Senegal with a population officially estimated at 320,000 in 2005. It lies east of Dakar on the N2 road and at the junction of railway lines to Dakar, Bamako and St-L ...

. He was provisional administrator of the

Bank of Credit and Commerce International The Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) was an international bank founded in 1972 by Agha Hasan Abedi, a Pakistani financier. The bank was registered in Luxembourg with head offices in Karachi and London. A decade after opening, BCC ...

Sénégal from September 1991 to September 1995, then technical advisor to the Ministry of the Economy, Finance and the Plan from October 1995 to July 1996, Director of Budget from July 16, 1996, to August 1, 2000, and Director-General of Finance from August 1, 2000 to May 23, 2001."Un haut fonctionnaire des finances à la Primature"
Agence du Presse Senegalaise, June 20, 2007 . He entered the government as Minister-Delegate for the Budget and Housing at the Ministry of the Economy and Finance on May 23, 2001. He remained Minister-Delegate for the Budget until he was appointed as Prime Minister by President

Abdoulaye Wade Abdoulaye Wade (born 29 May 1926)
Encyclopedia of the Nations. Retrieved February 28, ...

on June 19, 2007,"Sénégal: un technocrate nommé au poste de Premier ministre", Agence France-Presse, June 19, 2007 . following a

parliamentary election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

on June 3. Soumaré was considered a technocrat and was not a member of Wade's

Senegalese Democratic Party The Senegalese Democratic Party (french: Parti démocratique sénégalais) is a political party in Senegal. The party considers itself a liberal party and is a member of the Liberal International. Abdoulaye Wade, who was President of Senegal from ...

(PDS). The

Sopi Coalition The Sopi Coalition was the governing political alliance in Senegal during the presidency of Abdoulaye Wade. The alliance is composed of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) and smaller parties. Wade is the Secretary-General of the PDS. The al ...

, of which the PDS was part, won a large majority of seats in the parliamentary election, which was the subject of an opposition boycott. Soumaré's government, with 37 members (excluding Soumaré), was also named on June 19; it was similar to the previous government of

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 ...

and did not include the opposition. Soumaré and the new government were sworn in on June 21. On December 3, 2007, Soumaré's government was reduced in size to 28 members. Following the March 2009 local elections, in which the opposition made broad gains, Soumaré resigned for reasons related to "personal convenience" and Wade appointed Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye, Minister of State for the Maritime Economy, to succeed Soumaré on April 30, 2009. Later, Soumaré was appointed by the heads of state of the countries comprising the

(UEMOA) as Chairman of the UEMOA Commission on 16 November 2011; he was sworn in on 5 December 2011. After nearly five years in office, he announced his resignation from that post on 29 September 2016, effective on 1 December 2016."Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré démissionera de l’UEMOA à compter du 1er décembre"
Senenews, 30 September 2016 .

References

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