The Senate (french: Sénat) was the upper house of the

Parliament of Senegal The National Assembly (french: Assemblée nationale) is the Unicameralism, unicameral legislature of Senegal. The Assembly was previously part of a bicameral legislature from 1999 to 2001 and from 2007 to 2012, with the indirectly elected Senate ...

from 1999 to 2001 and from 2007 to 2012.

History and elections

The Senate was initially established during the presidency of

Abdou Diouf Abdou Diouf ( ; Serer: ; born 7 September 1935)Biography at Socialist Party website

in 1999, but in 2001, after
Abdoulaye Wade Abdoulaye Wade (born 29 May 1926)
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won the previous year's presidential election, it was abolished with the introduction of a new constitution. It was established again in 2007 with 100 seats: 65 appointed by the president and 35 elected by about 12,000 deputies and local councillors. The ruling
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) won 34 of the 35 elected seats in the senatorial election held on August 19, 2007; one seat, for
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, was won by
And-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism The And-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism (''And-Jëf/Parti Africain pour la démocratie et le socialisme'') is a socialist political party in Senegal led by Landing Savané. And-Jëf/PADS was founded in 1991, through the merger of A ...
(AJ/PADS). Five other groups participated but did not win seats."Le pouvoir remporte 34 des 35 sièges de sénateurs pourvus"
AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), August 20, 2007 . Most of the main opposition parties boycotted the senatorial election, as they did the June 2007 National Assembly election. Following the election, the Senate was installed on September 26, 2007, and
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was elected as its President on October 3. A new Senate election was planned to be held in September 2012, but shortly beforehand, in late August 2012, President
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 ...
announced plans to abolish the Senate and return to a unicameral chamber. In the midst of serious flooding, he said that scrapping the Senate would save money that would then be directed toward flood prevention: "the relief of the suffering of the people is more important than the Senate, for us to stop the floods that cyclically affect our country"."Abolish Senegal Senate to fund flood relief, says Sall"
BBC News, 29 August 2012.

See also
* List of presidents of the Senate of Senegal

References
1999 establishments in Senegal 2001 disestablishments in Senegal 2007 establishments in Senegal
Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...
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