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Iba Der Thiam, also known as I. D. Thiam (26 February 193731 October 2020''Africa year book and who's who''
(1977), page 1,339.
), was a
Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...
ese writer, historian, and politician. He served in the government of Senegal as Minister of Education from 1983 to 1988; later, he was First Vice-President of the
National Assembly of Senegal The National Assembly (french: Assemblée nationale) is the 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 being the uppe ...
from 2001 to 2012.


Life and career

Thiam was born in
Kaffrine Kaffrine ( Wolof: Kafrin) is the capital town of Kaffrine Region of Senegal. Agriculture Kaffrine lies in Senegal's Peanut Basin. Peanuts are the second most common crop for the people of Kaffrine, only behind Millet. Both crops are grown by ...
on 26 February 1937. Thiam became an Associate Professor of History at the
University of Dakar 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 Cheik ...
in October 1974, and was one of the participants in the ''
General History of Africa The General History of Africa (GHA) is a two-phase project launched by UNESCO in 1964. The 1964 General Conference of UNESCO, during its 13th Session, instructed the Organization to undertake this initiative after the newly independent African Membe ...
'' project by the
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. A union leader for 20 years he was imprisoned under 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 ...
for attempting to organize the country's
intellectuals An intellectual is a person who engages in critical thinking, research, and reflection about the reality of society, and who proposes solutions for the normative problems of society. Coming from the world of culture, either as a creator or as ...
. Under President Abdou Diouf, he served in the government as Minister of National Education from 1983 to 1988.Page about Thiam as a candidate for the 2000 presidential election
, ''Afrique Express''.
"Iba Der Thiam pourrait hériter du fauteuil, selon Nouvel Horizon"
Nettali, 8 June 2007 .
In September 1987, he founded the "Abdoo nu dooy" movement to campaign for Diouf's re-election in the February 1988 presidential election. He was dismissed from the government after the 1988 election and founded the Convention of Democrats and Patriots (CDP/Garab-gi) in June 1992. Thiam was the CDP's candidate in the February 1993 presidential election."Senegal: Opposition leader Thiam to stand for president", Radio France Internationale, 30 August 1999. He was also elected to the National Assembly in 1993; he was re-elected as the CDP's only deputy in 1998. In late August 1999, Thiam was again designated as the CDP's candidate for the 2000 presidential election. He received 1.21% of the popular vote in the first round of the election, held on 27 February 2000, and he said on 1 March that Diouf's failure to win a majority in the first round was the result of popular disillusionment associated with a pay rise for deputies that was announced during the campaign. He backed opposition leader
Abdoulaye Wade Abdoulaye Wade (born 29 May 1926)
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in the second round; Wade won the election. Thiam was re-elected to the National Assembly through national list proportional representation as a candidate of the pro-Wade
Sopi Coalition The Sopi Coalition was the governing political alliance in Senegal during the presidency of Abdoulaye Wade. The alliance is composed of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) and smaller parties. Wade is the Secretary-General of the PDS. The al ...
in the 2001 parliamentary election, and during Wade's presidency he served as First Vice-President of the National Assembly. The CDP/Garab-gi merged with Wade's
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 fro ...
(PDS) in May 2005. Thiam was re-elected to the
National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ...
as a candidate of the Sopi Coalition in the June 2007 parliamentary election, winning his seat through national list proportional representation. Following the election, on 20 June 2007 he was re-elected as First Vice-President of the National Assembly. It was reported that he declined an offer from President Wade to become a Minister of State, preferring to remain in his National Assembly post. As of 2007, Thiam was the Coordinator of the Convergence of Actions around the President of the Republic for the 21st Century (CAP 21), a coalition of 47 parties supporting Wade. Wade was defeated in the February–March 2012 presidential election, and the PDS was badly beaten in the July 2012 parliamentary election. Thiam was not re-elected to the National Assembly, but Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye resigned his parliamentary seat in December 2012, and Thiam, as the top PDS alternate candidate, replaced him as a Deputy in the National Assembly. He took his seat on 7 January 2013, although some expressed concern that Thiam, an elderly man, was in poor health. Thiam continued his academic work. He was a member of the UNESCO committee that wrote the organisation’s ''
General History of Africa The General History of Africa (GHA) is a two-phase project launched by UNESCO in 1964. The 1964 General Conference of UNESCO, during its 13th Session, instructed the Organization to undertake this initiative after the newly independent African Membe ...
'' and from 2013 coordinated the writing Of the ''General History of Senegal'', an attempt to describe the country’s history outside of the French-centred narrative previously used. Thiam took part in 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 ...
's state visit to France in December 2016. During his career he served as vice-president of the Senegalese Association of History and Geography Teachers, Secretary General of the Pan-African Association of Historians and President of the Senegalese Commission for the Reform of Education in History and Geography. He died on 31 October 2020 in
Dakar Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from :wo:daqaar, daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Senegal, largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar ...
after a short illness.


Select academic work

*''La grève des cheminots du Sénégal de septembre 1938'', Dakar, Université de Dakar, 1972, 2 vol., 272 pp. + 133 pp. (Master's thesis) *(in collaboration with Nadiour Ndiaye), ''Histoire du Sénégal et de l'Afrique'', Dakar, Les Nouvelles Éditions Africaines, 1976, . *''
Maba Diakhou Bâ Maba Diakhou Bâ (1809 – July 1867), also known as Ma Ba Diakhu, Ma Ba Diakho Ba, Ma Ba Jaaxu, Mabba Jaxu Ba, was a Muslim leader in West Africa during the 19th century. Born in Rip, Maba was a disciple of the Tijaniyya Sufi brotherhood and bec ...
, almamy du Rip (Sénégal)'', Paris, ABC, 1977. *''L' éducation civique dans les lycées et collèges : classe de 3e : le Sénégal et les institutions internationales'', Les Nouvelles Éditions Africaines, 1979, . *''Géographie du Sénégal'', Les Nouvelles Éditions Africaines, EDICEF, 1981, . *''L’évolution politique et syndicale du Sénégal colonial de 1840 à 1936'', Paris, Université de Paris I, 1983, 9 vol., 4,462 pages, doctoral thesis. *''Le Sénégal dans la guerre 14-18, ou le prix du combat pour l'égalité'', Dakar, Les Nouvelles Éditions Africaines, 1992, *''Les origines du mouvement syndical africain, 1790-1929'', L’Harmattan, 1993,


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thiam, Iba Der 1937 births 2020 deaths Members of the National Assembly (Senegal) Senegalese non-fiction writers Senegalese Democratic Party politicians Academic staff of Cheikh Anta Diop University People from Kaffrine Region Cheikh Anta Diop University alumni Paris-Sorbonne University alumni Historians of Senegal Education ministers of Senegal