Cheikh Sadibou Fall (28 August 1950 – 21 July 2020) was a Senegalese politician.

Biography

Fall studied law at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, then at the

University of Bordeaux 1 The University of Bordeaux 1 (french: Université Bordeaux-I) was one of the four universities in the Academy of Bordeaux, together with the Bordeaux Segalen University (Bordeaux 2), Michel de Montaigne University (Bordeaux 3) and Montesquieu U ...

, where he obtained a DESS in business and corporate law. He finished his education at the Institut Regional Du Travail Social Nouvelle-Aquitaine, the University of Massachusetts Boston, the Liberales Institute, and the Institut régional d'administration des entreprises de Bordeaux1. Following his education, he worked largely in the private sector as a management official, administrative and financial director, and a director of a legal expertise firm. In 1996, he was first elected mayor of

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, a position he held until 2001. Fall was a member of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) from 1998 to 2001 and was chairman of the Liberté-Démocratie-Progrès parliamentary group. He was appointed as Minister of Town Planning and Housing on 23 November 2000 by Moustapha Niasse, replacing the sacked Amath Dansokho. He then held his position under the leadership of Mame Madior Boye until 12 May 2001. During the

2001 Senegalese parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Senegal on 29 April 2001 to elect members of the National Assembly. They were the first held under the new constitution approved by a referendum earlier in the year. Following the victory of Abdoulaye Wade in t ...

, Fall was removed from the PDS party listing following a dispute with Idrissa Seck. However, Boye appointed him Minister of Fisheries after a government reshuffle. However, after the sinking of '' Le Joola'' in September 2002, Fall was sacked on 4 November 2002. On 22 April 2004, Fall was appointed as Minister of the Interior by Macky Sall, but was relieved of his duties on 2 November and was replaced by

Ousmane Ngom Ousmane Alioune Ngom (born May 18, 1955) is a Senegalese politician. As a leading member of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS), Ngom served as a minister in national unity governments from 1991 to 1992 and from 1995 to 1998. He split from the P ...

. In April 2005, he was appointed as Ambassador to Italy. Cheikh Sadibou Fall died on 21 July 2020 in Toulouse, France at the age of 69.

References

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