Marie Khemesse Ngom Ndiaye is a Senegalese doctor and politician.
Education
She graduated from
Cheikh Anta Diop University
Cheikh Anta Diop University (french: Université Cheikh Anta Diop or UCAD), also known as the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, is a university in Dakar, Senegal. It is named after the Senegalese physicist, historian and anthropologist Cheikh ...
in 1991.
Career
During the
COVID-19 pandemic in Senegal
The COVID-19 pandemic in Senegal is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was confirmed to have reached Senegal on March 2, 2020.
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, she served as Director of Public Health at the Ministry of Health.
In May 2022, she was appointed Minister of Health in the
Fourth Sall government, replacing
Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr
Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr (born 20th-century) is a Senegalese politician.
Political career
He was Minister of Health until he was sacked by President Macky Sall on 26 May 2022 following a hospital fire that killed 11 babies in the city of Tivaouane ...
who was sacked.
She was nominated again to her post as Minister of Health on September 17, 2022 under the new cabinet formed by Prime Minister Amadou Bâ.
References
Living people
Cheikh Anta Diop University alumni
21st-century Senegalese politicians
21st-century Senegalese women politicians
Health ministers of Senegal
Senegalese public health doctors
Senegalese women physicians
COVID-19 pandemic in Senegal
Women government ministers of Senegal
Year of birth missing (living people)
Women public health doctors
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