Politics
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Political Structure
- Official name: République du Sénégal
- Form of state: Unitary republic
Legal system
Based on the Napoleonic Code and the constitution of January 2001
National legislature
National Assembly, with 150 members elected for five years by universal suffrage in a mixed system of first-past-the-post and proportional representation
Head of state
President, elected by universal suffrage, currently serves a seven-year term and may stand for re-election once; presidential terms will be shortened to five years from 2019
National elections
February 2019 (presidential); July 2012 (legislative); next elections due in July 2022 (legislative)
National government
The president and his Council of Ministers
Main political parties
Benno Bokk Yakaar coalition, including the president’s Alliance pour la république (APR), Alliance des forces de progrès (AFP), Parti socialiste (PS) and Union pour le renouveau démocratique (URD); Coalition Gagnante Wattu Senegaal, including Rewmi and Grand parti; Mankoo Taxawa Senegaal, including And-Jëf/Parti africain pour la démocratie et le socialisme (AJ/PADS), Parti démocratique sénégalais (PDS), Union nationale patriotique/Tekki and Bokk Giss Giss coalition; Mouvement citoyen pour la refondation nationale (MCRN); Mouvement républicain pour le socialisme et la démocratie; Parti de la vérité pour le développement
Government Officials
President: Macky Sall
Prime minister: Mahammed Dionne
Selected ministers of state
- Agriculture & rural equipment: Moussa Baldé
- Armed forces: Sidiki Kaba
- Community development and social & territorial equity: Mansour Faye
- Culture & communication: Abdoulaye Diop
- Digital economy & telecommunications: Ndèye Diké Ndiaye Diop
- Economy, planning & co-operation: Amadou Hott
- Environment & sustainable development: Abdou Karim Sall
- Finance and the budget: Abdoulaye Daouda Diallo
- Fisheries & maritime economy: Aminata Mbengue Ndiaye
- Foreign affairs & Senegalese diaspora: Amadou Bâ
- Health & social action: Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr
- Higher education, research & innovations: Cheikh Oumar Hann
- Infrastructure, land transport & isolated regions: Oumar Youm
- Interior: Aly Ngouye Ndiaye
- Justice: Malick Sall
- Livestock and animal production: Samba Ndiobène Kâ
- Mines & geology: Aissatou Sophie Gladima Siby
- National education: Mamadou Talla
- Petroleum & renewable energy: Mouhamadou Makhtar Cissé
- Tourism & air transport: Alioune Sarr
- Trade & SMEs: Aminata Assome Diatta
- Urban planning, housing & public hygiene: Abdou Karim Fofana
- Water & sanitation: Serigne Mbaye Thiam
Governor of the regional central bank (BCEAO)
- Koné Tiémoko Meyliet
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