The president of Senegal (French: Président du Sénégal) is the head of state and head of government of Senegal. In accordance with the constitutional reform of 2001 and since a referendum that took place on 20 March 2016, the president is elected for a 5-year term, with a limit of two consecutive terms. The following is a list of presidents of Senegal, since the country gained independence from France in 1960.
In January 2001, during Abdoulaye Wade's first term, a constitutional referendum reduced the presidential term from seven to five years.[1]
In July 2008, during Wade's second term, the National Assembly approved a constitutional amendment increasing the length of the presidential term to seven years, as it was prior to the adoption of the 2001 constitution. This extension didn't apply to Abdoulaye Wade's 2007–2012 term.[2][3]
In 2016, during Macky Sall's first term, per another constitutional referendum, the length of the presidential term was decreased back to five years. The amendments were adopted in constitutional law № 2016-10.[4][5]
As of 2021, there is a two-term limit for the president in the Constitution of Senegal. There was an attempt to modify the term limits in 2012 for Abdoulaye Wade, but it did not materialize.[6]
The Palace of the Republic (French: Palais de la République) is the presidential residence, located in Dakar in the Plateau district. After having been the official residence of the Governor-General of French West Africa. The construction of the palace in its first state was ordered in 1902 by Gaston Doumergue, Minister of the Colonies, to house in the capital the Governor General of AOF who was then residing in Saint-Louis. The architect was Henri Deglane.[7]
§ Elected unopposed
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | Prime minister(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | 
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Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906–2001) |
1963[§] 1968[§] 1973[§] 1978 |
6 September 1960 | 31 December 1980 | 20 years, 115 days | PSS | Mamadou Dia Abdou Diouf |
| 2 | 
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Abdou Diouf (born 1935) |
1983 1988 1993 |
1 January 1981 | 1 April 2000 | 19 years, 91 days | PSS | Habib Thiam Moustapha Niasse Habib Thiam Moustapha Niasse |
| 3 | .jpg)
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Abdoulaye Wade (born 1926) |
2000 2007 |
1 April 2000 | 2 April 2012 | 12 years, 1 day | PDS | Moustapha Niasse Mame Madior Boye Idrissa Seck Macky Sall Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye |
| 4 | 
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Macky Sall (born 1961) |
2012 2019 |
2 April 2012 | Incumbent | 11 years, 304 days | APR | Abdoul Mbaye Aminata Touré Mohamed Dionne Amadou Ba |
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