Senegal
Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ...
non-governmental organization
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Dakar
Dakar ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Senegal, largest city of Senegal. The Departments of Senegal, department of Dakar has a population of 1,278,469, and the population of the Dakar metropolitan area was at 4.0 mill ...
. In his youth he was active in politics, participating in clandestine Marxist-Leninist groups; he was arrested for "subversive activities" when he was 17. He joined
Cheikh Anta Diop
Cheikh Anta Diop (29 December 1923 – 7 February 1986) was a Senegalese historian, anthropologist, physicist, and politician who studied the human race's origins and pre-colonial African culture. Diop's work is considered foundational to the the ...
's National Democratic Rally when it was founded in 1976. He ended his political activities in 1982 to devote himself to
civil society
Civil society can be understood as the "third sector" of society, distinct from government and business, and including the family and the private sphere.Walfadjri''.
For more than 20 years, he was the Executive President of Jamra, an Islamic NGO"Senegal: Islamic anti-drugs group reportedly to enter politics", Africa No. 1 radio (nl.newsbank.com), December 13, 1999. devoted to fighting " social evils", particularly drugs"Trafic De Drogue: Les Douaniers Continuent La Croisade Du Législateur ." Agence de Presse Senegalaise (lampfall.com), January 25, 2008 . and
sexually transmitted disease
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s. He founded the first Center for Documentation and Information on Drug Abuse and AIDS in 1987.
Guèye and Jamra entered politics on the side of the opposition in 1999, supporting
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 ...
's successful candidacy in the 2000 presidential election. He was named as the leader of a political party, the Senegalese Democratic Rally (RDS), on May 9, 2000, and in the same month President Wade appointed him as Special Advisor to the President of the Republic, with the rank of Ambassador. Accused of trafficking
antiretroviral
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medicine, he was dismissed from his post as Special Advisor in October 2002. He was imprisoned from June 2003 to August 2004, at which point he was rehabilitated by the justice system.
The RDS joined the CAP 21 coalition of parties supporting President Wade in December 2006, and Guèye was elected to the National Assembly in the June 2007 parliamentary election through national list proportional representation as a candidate of the pro-Wade Sopi Coalition. In the National Assembly, he was elected as its Sixth Vice-President."Le bureau de l'Assemblée nationale" , Senegalese government website .
In early 2008, shortly before his death, Guèye sent a letter of protest to the Dutch embassy regarding '' Fitna'', a Dutch film considered hostile to Islam. He was killed in a traffic accident on National Road No. 1 while travelling to Tambacounda, in the east of Senegal, on the night of April 5–6 2008.