Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré (born 24 October 1951
.) was

Prime Minister of Senegal The prime minister of Senegal () is the head of government of Senegal. The prime minister is appointed by the president of Senegal, who is directly elected for a five-year term. The prime minister, in turn, appoints the Cabinet of Senegal, afte ...

from 2007 to 2009 and Chairman of the Commission of the West African Economic and Monetary Union from 2011 to 2016.

Life and career

Soumaré was born in

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 ...

and raised in

Thiès Thiès (; ; Noon language, Noon: ''Chess'') is the third largest city in Senegal with a population of 391,253 in 2023. It lies east of Dakar on the N2 road (Senegal), N2 road and at the junction of railway lines to Dakar, Bamako and Saint-Louis, ...

. He was provisional administrator of the

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Sénégal from September 1991 to September 1995, then technical advisor to the Ministry of the Economy, Finance and the Plan from October 1995 to July 1996, Director of Budget from July 16, 1996, to August 1, 2000, and Director-General of Finance from August 1, 2000 to May 23, 2001."Un haut fonctionnaire des finances à la Primature"
Agence du Presse Senegalaise, June 20, 2007 . He entered the government as Minister-Delegate for the Budget and Housing at the Ministry of the Economy and Finance on May 23, 2001. He remained Minister-Delegate for the Budget until he was appointed as prime minister by President

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on June 19, 2007,"Sénégal: un technocrate nommé au poste de Premier ministre", Agence France-Presse, June 19, 2007 . following a

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on June 3. Soumaré was considered a technocrat and was not a member of Wade's Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS). The Sopi Coalition, of which the PDS was part, won a large majority of seats in the parliamentary election, which was the subject of an opposition boycott. Soumaré's government, with 37 members (excluding Soumaré), was also named on June 19; it was similar to the previous government of

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and did not include the opposition. Soumaré and the new government were sworn in on June 21. On December 3, 2007, Soumaré's government was reduced in size to 28 members. Following the March 2009 local elections, in which the opposition made broad gains, Soumaré resigned for reasons related to "personal convenience" and Wade appointed Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye, Minister of State for the Maritime Economy, to succeed Soumaré on April 30, 2009. Later, Soumaré was appointed by the heads of state of the countries comprising the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) as Chairman of the UEMOA Commission on 16 November 2011; he was sworn in on 5 December 2011. After nearly five years in office, he announced his resignation from that post on 29 September 2016, effective on 1 December 2016."Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré démissionera de l’UEMOA à compter du 1er décembre"
Senenews, 30 September 2016 .

References

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