Louis Jacques Senghor (born February 24, 1952Decision of the Constitutional Council on presidential candidacies
January 26, 2007 .) 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, and was a candidate in the February 2007 presidential election. He was the candidate of the Senegalese People's Liberal Movement (MLPS). Senghor is the grandson of the first Senegalese president,

Léopold Sédar Senghor Léopold Sédar Senghor (; ; 9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese poet, politician and cultural theorist who was the first president of Senegal (1960–80). Ideologically an African socialist, he was the major theoretician o ...

. Senghor was born in Djilor. In the 2007 election, Senghor came in 14th place with about 0.24% of the vote."Le texte intégral de la décision du Conseil constitutionnel"
, Agence de Presse Sénégalaise, March 11, 2007 . Two months after the election, he was reported to have fled to the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

after being involved in a bad-cheque case involving 40 million

West African CFA franc The West African CFA franc ( French: ''franc CFA'' or simply ''franc'', ISO 4217 code: XOF; abbreviation: F.CFA) is the currency used by eight independent states in West Africa which make up the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA; ' ...

s (some $80,000)."Louis-Jacques Senghor candidat indépendant à la Présidentielle poursuivi pour une dette de 40 millions" ("Independent Presidential Candidate Louis-Jacques Senghor Sought for a Debt of 40 million")
''Le Quotidien'', 18 April 2007; accessed February 7, 2010

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