Analysis - Bassirou Diomaye Faye was elected as Senegal's fifth president on 25 March 2024. Incumbent president Macky Sall and his candidate, former prime minister Amadou Ba, were both quick to congratulate the opposition candidate on his victory when the results came out.
This has been a major - and fast - turn of events for Faye , who was in prison just 10 days before the election. Faye was backed by the popular opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, who was deprived ofSenegal's contemporary political scenein Ndiaganiao, a rural area in west-central Senegal, Faye received his primary education in his village. He continued his middle and secondary education in Mbour, south-east of Dakar, where he earned his bachelor's degree in 2000.
Admitted to the magistrates' examination, he decided to withdraw, opting instead for the leadership training school. He specialised in taxation and went on to join the Direction Générale des Impôts et Domaines in 2007.Syndicat autonome des agents des impôts et domaines Drawing on their trade union experience, Faye, Sonko and other young civil servants went on to create the African Patriots of Senegal for Work, Ethics and Fraternity party in 2014.
His political ambitions were further thwarted when his nomination to the national candidate list for the July 2022 parliamentary elections wasbrought against Sonko, Faye was imprisoned. He was accused of attacking the judiciary when he criticised the Dakar Court of Appeal's decision to close Sonko's case without giving him the chance to appeal.
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