Maïmouna Kane (13 March 1937 − 1 March 2019) was a
Senegal
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ese jurist and politician.
Biography
Kane 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 ...
. On 15 March, 1978, she was appointed State Secretary to the Prime Minister responsible for the Status of Women. She was appointed alongside Caroline Faye Diop, making them the first women appointed ministers in Senegal. She was promoted to Minister of Social Development by
on 5 April 1983, serving until 2 January 1986.
Kane died in
Paris
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