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Senegalese Parliamentary Election, 2007
Parliamentary elections were held in Senegal on 3 June 2007 to elect the 150 members of the National Assembly. They had originally been planned to be held together with the presidential election on 25 February 2007, but were postponed. Fourteen parties or coalitions participated in the elections, but they were marked by a major opposition boycott."Parties to boycott Senegal's legislative poll" AFP (''IOL''), May 14, 2007. The ruling Sopi Coalition won 131 seats, including all 90 of the seats elected by majority voting. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Senegalese Parliamentary Election
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sports, where it commonly denotes the first, leading, or top thing in a group. 1 is the unit of counting or measurement, a determiner for singular nouns, and a gender-neutral pronoun. Historically, the representation of 1 evolved from ancient Sumerian and Babylonian symbols to the modern Arabic numeral. In mathematics, 1 is the multiplicative identity, meaning that any number multiplied by 1 equals the same number. 1 is by convention not considered a prime number. In digital technology, 1 represents the "on" state in binary code, the foundation of computing. Philosophically, 1 symbolizes the ultimate reality or source of existence in various traditions. In mathematics The number 1 is the first natural number after 0. Each natural nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CFA Franc
CFA franc (, ) is the name of two currencies used by 210 million people (as of 2023) in fourteen African countries: the West African CFA franc (where "CFA" stands for , i.e. "African Financial Community" in English), used in eight West African countries, and the Central African CFA franc (where "CFA" stands for , i.e. "Financial Cooperation in Central Africa" in English), used in six Central African countries. The ISO currency codes are XOF for the West African CFA franc and XAF for the Central African CFA franc. Although the two currencies are commonly called ''CFA franc'' and (currently) have the same value, they are not interchangeable. It is therefore not a common monetary zone but two juxtaposed zones. Both CFA francs have a fixed exchange rate (peg) to the euro guaranteed by France: €1 = F.CFA 655.957 exactly. To ensure this convertibility guarantee, member countries were required to deposit half of their foreign exchange reserves with the French Treasury, but this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 And-Jëf / Revolutionary Movement for New Democracy, Socialist Workers Organisation, Union for People's Democracy and circle of readers of Suxuba. Savané ran as the party's presidential candidate in the 1993 election, taking 2.91% of the vote.Elections in Senegal African Elections Database. AJ/PADS was the only major opposition group to consistently refuse to participate in the government under President Abdou Diouf and the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdoulaye Wade
Abdoulaye Wade (, ; born 29 May 1926) is a Senegalese politician who served as the third president of Senegal from 2000 to 2012. He is also the Secretary-General of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS), having led the party since it was founded in 1974.''Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders'' (2003), page 457. Assuming office at 74, Wade was the oldest person to occupy the post. A long-time opposition leader, he ran for president four times, beginning in 1978, before he was finally elected in the year 2000. He won re-election in 2007 with a majority in the first round, but was defeated in the second round in 2012 in a controversial bid for a third term. Wade also holds French citizenship. Early life Wade was born in Kébémer, Senegal, on 29 May 1926 in wolof Family from Gandiol and walo. Officially, he was born in 1926, although some claim he was born several years earlier, and the record-keeping of the time is not considered particularly reliable. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senegalese Democratic Party
The Senegalese Democratic Party () 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 2000 to 2012, is the party's leader. The PDS ruled together with smaller parties as part of the Sopi Coalition. Since Wade's defeat in the 2012 presidential election, the PDS has been the main opposition party. History At a summit of the Organization of African Unity in Mogadishu in 1974, Wade told President Léopold Sédar Senghor that he wanted to start a new party, and Senghor agreed to this. The PDS was founded on 31 July 1974 and recognized on 8 August.Tidiane Dioh"Sous l'étiquette libérale" ''Jeune Afrique'', 21 October 2002 . In its first constitutive congress, held on 31 January – 1 February 1976, the PDS described itself as a party of labor, but soon afterwards a law was introduced according to which three parties were allowed in Senegal: a socialist party, a Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ousmane Ngom
Ousmane Alioune Ngom (born 18 May 1955) is a Senegalese politician. As a leading member of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS), Ngom served as a political minister, minister in national unity governments from 1991 to 1992 and from 1995 to 1998. He split from the PDS to form his own party in 1998, but returned to the PDS in 2003. Under President Abdoulaye Wade, Ngom was a presidential adviser from 2003 to 2004, and from 2004 to 2012 he again served as a minister in the government, ultimately as Minister of State for the Interior from September 2010 to April 2012. Since 2012, he has served as a Deputy in the National Assembly of Senegal. Political career Ngom, a lawyer by profession, was born in Saint-Louis, Senegal. He held a variety of positions within the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) from 1975 to 1998, while it was in opposition, and for a time he was the party's second ranking figure, after Secretary-General Abdoulaye Wade. Over the years he served as the party's National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idrissa Seck
Idrissa Seck (born 9 August 1959) is a Senegalese politician who was Prime Minister of Senegal from November 2002 to July 2004. He was a leading member of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) and was considered a protégé of President Abdoulaye Wade, but he subsequently went into opposition and was a candidate in the February 2007 presidential election, coming second place with about 15% of the vote. Biography He was born in Thiès and studied in Paris as well as at Princeton University. He joined the PDS when he was 15 years old and was Wade's campaign director in the 1988 Senegalese presidential election. Seck served as Minister of Trade, Crafts, and Industrialization as an opposition member of Abdou Diouf's government. He became deputy leader of the PDS in 1998, replacing Ousmane Ngom. After Wade took office in April 2000, he appointed Seck as Minister of State and Director of the Cabinet. The PDS was restructured after this election; Seck's position of Executive Secreta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rewmi
Rewmi ( in Wolof"Former Senegalese Premier returns to ruling party, but insists on presidency" African Press Agency, February 1, 2007. Retrieved February 2, 2007. ) is a political party in . It is led by , after he founded it in 2006. History The party boycotted the June 2007 parliamentary election.Diadie Ba[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Socialist Party Of Senegal
The Socialist Party of Senegal (, PS) is a political party in Senegal . It was the ruling party in Senegal from independence in 1960 until 2000. In 2000, the party's candidate and previous incumbent president, Abdou Diof, was defeated by the leader of the Senegalese Democratic Party, Abdoulaye Wade. Ousmane Tanor Dieng has been the First Secretary of the Socialist Party of Senegal since 1996 and was the presidential candidate in 2007 and 2012. The best-known figure of the party was Léopold Sédar Senghor, the first president of Senegal. The Socialist Party of Senegal's goal is to work on the implementation of democratic socialism into Senegal's political atmosphere. The implementation of democratic socialism includes the establishment of an open, democratic, and humanitarian society while preserving African identity. Since 1976, the Socialist Party of Senegal is the official socialist party choice for the country. The Socialist Party of Senegal is a full member of the Socia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Autonomous Electoral Commission (Senegal)
The National Autonomous Electoral Commission or CENA () is the commission that organises elections in Senegal. It was created in 2005, replacing an earlier commission called the National Observatory of Elections that was created in 1997. Creation The National Observatory of Elections was created on 8 September 1997 by president Abdou Diouf, under Law 95-15, during the Third wave of democratization. In 2005, president Abdoulaye Wade, replaced the National Observatory of Elections by the National Autonomous Electoral Commission (CENA), defined as a legally and financially independent agency under Law 2005-07 of 11 May 2005. Membership CENA is legally defined to have twelve members, who have to have a reputation for independence and may not be members of political parties. The members are renewed by a third every three years, and each serve a period of six years. Moustapha Touré was the president of CENA in 2008. In November 2009, he resigned under pressure from Senegalese president ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Election Boycott
An election boycott is the boycotting of an election by a group of voters, each of whom abstention, abstains from voting. Boycotting may be used as a form of political protest where voters feel that electoral fraud is likely, or that the electoral system is biased against its candidates, that the polity organizing the election lacks legitimacy (political science), legitimacy, or that the candidates running are very unpopular. In jurisdictions with compulsory voting, a boycott may amount to an act of civil disobedience; alternatively, supporters of the boycott may be able to cast blank votes or vote for "none of the above". Boycotting voters may belong to a particular Regionalism (politics), regional or ethnic group. A particular political party or candidate may refuse to run in the election and urges its supporters to boycott the vote. In the case of a referendum, a boycott may be used as a tactical voting, voting tactic by opponents of the proposition. If the referendum requi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
