Alioune Badara Cissé (7 February 1958 – 28 August 2021) was a Senegalese politician. A member of the Alliance for the Republic (APR), he served as Foreign Minister of Senegal from 4 April to 29 October 2012.

Biography

Born in Saint-Louis on 7 February 1958, Cissé passed his primary studies in his native city. He studied foreign language application in English and Spanish at

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and graduated in 1980. He then studied at

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and the

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. In 1988, Cissé returned to Senegal and was admitted to the Dakar Bar, becoming a lawyer in 1992. That year, he was awarded the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program to study at the

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. He earned a doctorate in law from Hamline University School of Law in

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. In 2007, Cissé became a special advisor to

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. When Sall became

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, he appointed Cissé to be Foreign Minister. He held the position for seven months before returning to his activities as a lawyer. In August 2015, he was appointed Mediator of the Republic, replacing Serigne Diop. Alioune Badara Cissé died from complications of

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in Dakar on 28 August 2021 at the age of 63.

References

1958 births 2021 deaths Senegalese jurists Foreign ministers of Senegal Alliance for the Republic (Senegal) politicians Cheikh Anta Diop University alumni Jean Monnet University alumni Instituts d'études politiques alumni Hamline University School of Law alumni People from Saint-Louis, Senegal Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Senegal {{Senegal-politician-stub