List of Presidents of Senegal

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The President of Senegal is the head of state of Senegal.

This is a list of the Presidents since Senegal became independent from France in 1960.

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Political Party
1	Léopold Sédar Senghor	6 September 1960	31 December 1980	Senegalese Progressive Union (until 1976), Socialist Party of Senegal (from 1976)
2	Abdou Diouf	1 January 1981	1 April 2000	Socialist Party of Senegal
3	Abdoulaye Wade	1 April 2000	Incumbent	Democratic Party of Senegal

Latest election

e • d **Summary of the 25 February 2007 Senegalese presidential election results**
Candidate	Party	Coalition	Votes	%
Abdoulaye Wade	Senegalese Democratic Party	Sopi 2007	1,914,403	55.90
Idrissa Seck	Rewmi Party	And Liggey Sénégal	510,922	14.92
Ousmane Tanor Dieng	Socialist Party of Senegal		464,287	13.56
Moustapha Niasse	Alliance of Progress Forces	Alternance 2007	203,129	5.93
Robert Sagna		Takku Defaraat Sénégal	88,446	2.58
Abdoulaye Bathily	Democratic League/Movement for the Labour Party	Jubbanti Sénégal	75,797	2.21
Landing Savané	And-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism		70,780	2.07
Talla Sylla	Alliance for Progress and Justice/Jëf-Jël		18,022	0.53
Cheikh Bamba Dièye	Front for Socialism and Democracy/Benno Jubël		17,233	0.50
Mamadou Lamine Diallo		Tekki Taaru Sénégal	16,570	0.48
Mama Adama Guèye		Sellal	13,700	0.40
Doudou Ndoye	Union for Progress and Renewal		9,918	0.29
Alioune Mbaye	Independent		9,016	0.26
Louis Jacques Senghor	Movement for the Liberation of the Senegalese People		8,212	0.24
Modou Dia	Independent		4,491	0.13
Total^[1] (turnout: 70.5<]], won the election in the first round with almost 56% of the vote.^[2])			3,424,926	100.0

^ "Le texte intégral de la décision du Conseil constitutionnel", Agence de Presse Sénégalaise (Seneweb.com), March 11, 2007 (French).
^ Diadie Ba, "Senegal's Wade re-elected, warns opposition", Reuters (Mail & Guardian Online), 2 March 2007.