Youba Sambou (born 1944) is a

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ese politician from

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who served in the government of Senegal as Minister of the Armed Forces from 2000 to 2002. He also served as Mayor of

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and was elected as a member of the

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in 2007.

Biography

Youba Sambou is of Jola descent and was born in

Mlomp Mlomp is a rural community and village in the Ziguinchor Region of Senegal in the Casamance, situated approximately south-west of Ziguinchor. As of 2000, it had a population of 7,628, rising to around 8,500 in 2006. Most inhabitants are of Diola ...

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in 1944. During the 1960s and 70s, he taught mathematics and physics at several

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s, before being appointed as a headmaster, initially in

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and eventually (after a short administrative interlude in

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) in

in the 1990s. Alongside his teaching duties, he took an active role in the

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(PDS). When PDS came to power in 2000, Sambou was named Minister of the Armed Forces in the cabinet of

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.) is a Senegalese politician and diplomat who has been List ...

, replacing

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of the

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. He was confirmed in his role on 12 May 2001. The sinking of the with more than 1800 victims took place during his tenure and he had to resign on 1 October 2002, along with Prime Minister

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. He was succeeded by Bécaye Diop. Following a court action undertaken in 2003 by 22 families who had lost relatives in the tragedy, an international arrest warrant was issued on 12 September 2008 by a judge in Évry (

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, on account of the roles that they held at the time of the disaster. Youba Sambou was elected as a member of the

in the 2007 parliamentary election. He was also Mayor of

until 2009. succeeded him in this position.« Passation de service à la municipalité de Bignona. Youba Sambou invite la population à payer ses impôts », in ''Sud Quotidien'', 22 April 200

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*Babacar Ndiaye & Waly Ndiaye, ''Présidents et ministres de la République du Sénégal'', Dakar, 2006 (2nd edition), p. 355 {{DEFAULTSORT:Sambou, Youba 1944 births People from Casamance Senegalese Democratic Party politicians Defense ministers of Senegal Military of Senegal Mayors of places in Senegal Members of the National Assembly (Senegal) Living people

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