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{{Short description|Head of state and government of Senegal}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = President
| body = the<br />Republic of Senegal<br />''Président de la<br />République du Sénégal''
| insignia = Coat of arms of Senegal.svg
| insigniasize = 
| insigniacaption = [[Coat of arms of Senegal|Coat of Arms of Senegal]]
| image = Bassirou Diomaye Faye - 2024 (cropped).jpg
| imagesize = 165px
| incumbent = [[Bassirou Diomaye Faye]]
| incumbentsince = 2 April 2024
| style = 
| residence = [[Palace of the Republic, Dakar]]
| appointer = 
| termlength = Five years,
| termlength_qualified = renewable once
| constituting_instrument = [[Constitution of Senegal]] (2001)
| formation = {{start date and age|df=y|1960|9|6}}
| succession = 
| inaugural = [[Léopold Sédar Senghor]]
| deputy = 
| salary = 9,278,556 [[West African CFA franc]]s annually<ref name="africabusinessdaily">{{cite web|url=https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/news/The-highest-and-lowest-paid-African-presidents/539546-4129430-cbmf8iz/index.html|title=The highest and lowest paid African presidents – Business Daily|date=27 December 2020 |publisher=Business Daily}}</ref>
| website = [https://www.presidence.sn/en/ presidence.sn]
}}
{{Politics of Senegal}}

The '''president of Senegal''' ({{langx|fr|Président du Sénégal}}) is the [[head of state]] of [[Senegal]]. In accordance with the [[2001 Senegalese constitutional referendum|constitutional reform of 2001]] and since a [[2016 Senegalese constitutional referendum|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.

==Election process==
{{expand section|date=April 2024}}

===Inauguration===
The Senegalese Constitution provides the following oath for the president which must be taken before they enter into office:

{{blockquote|text="I swear, before God and the people of Senegal, to faithfully execute the office of president of the republic of Senegal, to keep the provisions of the Constitution and laws and to ensure their observance, to devote all my strength to defending constitutional institutions, to defend Senegal's territorial integrity and its independence, and [I swear] to spare no effort to realize the unity of Africa".<ref>{{cite web |title=Senegal: All you need to know about the Apr 2nd presidential inauguration |url=https://www.africanews.com/2024/04/02/senegal-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-apr-2nd-presidential-inauguration/ |website=Africanews |access-date=2 April 2024 }}</ref>}}

==Term==
===Term duration<span class="anchor" id="Term length"></span>===
In 1991, presidential term lengths were extended from five to seven years.<ref>''Human Rights in Developing Countries Yearbook 1997'', page 276.</ref>

In January 2001, during [[Abdoulaye Wade]]'s first term, a [[2001 Senegalese constitutional referendum|constitutional referendum]] reduced the presidential term back to five years.<ref>{{cite web |title=Elections in Senegal |url=https://africanelections.tripod.com/sn.html#2001_Constitutional_Referendum |website=africanelections.tripod.com |publisher=African Elections Database |access-date=10 June 2023 |quote = Main Points: Reduction of Presidential term from 7 to 5 years }}</ref>

In July 2008, during Wade's second term, the [[National Assembly (Senegal)|National Assembly]] approved a constitutional amendment increasing the length of the presidential term back to seven years, as it was prior to the adoption of the 2001 constitution. This extension did not apply to [[Abdoulaye Wade]]'s 2007&ndash;2012 term.<ref name="afrol.com">{{cite news |title=afrol News – Senegal approves presidential term extension |url=http://www.afrol.com/articles/30051 |access-date=10 June 2023 |work=www.afrol.com |publisher=afrol News |date=July 30, 2008<!-- article lists Wade (born in 1926) as 82 years old --> |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209103312/http://www.afrol.com/articles/30051 |archive-date=9 December 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Titre III : Du Président de la République |url=http://www.gouv.sn/spip.php?article795 |publisher=Gouvernement du Sénégal |access-date=10 June 2023 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303150506/http://www.gouv.sn/spip.php?article795 |archive-date=3 March 2012}}</ref>

In 2016, during [[Macky Sall]]'s first term, per another [[2016 Senegalese constitutional referendum|constitutional referendum]], the length of the presidential term was decreased back to five years. The amendments were adopted in constitutional law №&nbsp;2016-10.<ref>{{cite web
|author1=Macky SALL |author1-link=Macky Sall
|author2=Mahammed Boun Abdallah DIONNE |author2-link=Mahammed Dionne
|language=fr
|title=Loi constitutionnelle n° 2016-10 du 05 avril 2016 portant révision de la Constitution |url=http://www.jo.gouv.sn/spip.php?page=imprimer&id_article=10799|publisher=JOURNAL OFFICIEL DU SENEGAL
|quote= Article 27. – La durée du mandat du Président de la République est de cinq ans.
|date=5 April 2016
|access-date=10 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331165310/http://www.jo.gouv.sn/spip.php?page=imprimer&id_article=10799 |archive-date=31 March 2018 |url-status=dead}}<!-- See also https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/ELECTRONIC/102112/123326/F934927857/SEN-120112.pdf --></ref><ref>{{Cite news
|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35885465 |url-status=live |access-date=10 June 2023
|title=Senegal referendum approves shorter presidential terms |publisher=BBC News |date=23 March 2016
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324064815/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35885465 |archive-date=24 March 2016
}}</ref>

===Term limits===
As of 2021, there is a two-term limit for the president in the [[Constitution of Senegal]]. Abdoulaye Wade was controversially allowed to run for president in 2012 following the 2008 constitutional amendment, but lost re-election to Macky Sall.<ref name="termlimits">{{cite web |last1=Cook |first1=Candace |last2=Siegle |first2=Joseph |title=Circumvention of Term Limits Weakens Governance in Africa |url=https://africacenter.org/spotlight/circumvention-of-term-limits-weakens-governance-in-africa/ |website=Africa Center for Strategic Studies}}</ref>

==Privileges==
===Buildings===
[[File:Palais présidentiel à Dakar - 2.JPG|thumb|Palace of the Republic]]
The Palace of the Republic ({{langx|fr|Palais de la République}}) is the presidential residence, located in Dakar in the Plateau district. After having been the official residence of the [[List of Governors-General of French West Africa|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 Overseas|Minister of the Colonies]], to house in the capital the Governor General of French West Africa who was then residing in [[Saint-Louis, Senegal|Saint-Louis]]. The architect was Henri Deglane.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Palais Présidentiel / Sénégal |url=https://www.au-senegal.com/palais-presidentiel,2920.html?lang=fr |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=www.au-senegal.com}}</ref>

==List of officeholders==
;Political parties
{{legend|{{party color|Socialist Party of Senegal}}|[[Socialist Party of Senegal]] (PSS)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Senegalese Democratic Party}}|[[Senegalese Democratic Party]] (PDS)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Alliance for the Republic (Senegal)}}|[[Alliance for the Republic (Senegal)|Alliance for the Republic]] (APR)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|PASTEF}}|[[PASTEF|African Patriots of Senegal for Work, Ethics and Fraternity]] (PASTEF)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

;Symbols
{{note label|§|§|§}} Elected unopposed
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! rowspan="2" |Elected
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" |Political party
! rowspan="2" |[[Prime Minister of Senegal|Prime minister(s)]]
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|Socialist Party of Senegal}}; color:white;"| 1
| [[File:UNESCO History, Visite de S. Exc. M. Léopold Sedar Senghor, Président de la République du Sénégal - UNESCO - PHOTO0000002688 0001 (cropped).tiff|100px]]
| [[Léopold Sédar Senghor]]<br />{{small|(1906–2001)}}
| {{Text|[[1960 Senegalese general election|1960]]{{ref label|§|§|§}}}}<br>{{Text|[[1963 Senegalese general election|1963]]{{ref label|§|§|§}}}}<br>{{Text|[[1968 Senegalese general election|1968]]{{ref label|§|§|§}}}}<br>{{Text|[[1973 Senegalese general election|1973]]{{ref label|§|§|§}}}}<br />[[1978 Senegalese general election|1978]]
| 6 September 1960
| 31 December 1980
| {{ayd|1960|09|06|1980|12|31}}
| [[Socialist Party of Senegal|PSS]]
| [[Mamadou Dia]]<br />[[Abdou Diouf]]
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|Socialist Party of Senegal}}; color:white;"| 2
| [[File:Abdou Diouf.jpg|100px]]
| [[Abdou Diouf]]<br />{{small|(born 1935)}} 
| [[1983 Senegalese general election|1983]]<br />[[1988 Senegalese general election|1988]]<br />[[1993 Senegalese presidential election|1993]]
| 1 January 1981
| 1 April 2000
| {{ayd|1981|01|01|2000|04|01}}
| [[Socialist Party of Senegal|PSS]]
| [[Habib Thiam]]<br />[[Moustapha Niasse]]<br />[[Habib Thiam]]<br />[[Mamadou Lamine Loum]]
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|Senegalese Democratic Party}}; color:white;"| 3
| [[File:Abdoulaye Wade (headshot).jpg|100px]]
| [[Abdoulaye Wade]]<br />{{small|(born 1926)}} 
| [[2000 Senegalese presidential election|2000]]<br />[[2007 Senegalese presidential election|2007]]
| 1 April 2000
| 2 April 2012
| {{ayd|2000|04|01|2012|04|02}}
| [[Senegalese Democratic Party|PDS]]
| [[Moustapha Niasse]]<br />[[Mame Madior Boye]]<br />[[Idrissa Seck]]<br />[[Macky Sall]]<br />[[Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré]]<br />[[Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye]]
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|Alliance for the Republic (Senegal)}}; color:white;"| 4
| [[File:President Macky Sall of Senegal, speaking at the UK-Africa Investment Summit in London, 20 January 2020 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| [[Macky Sall]]<br />{{small|(born 1961)}} 
| [[2012 Senegalese presidential election|2012]]<br />[[2019 Senegalese presidential election|2019]]
| 2 April 2012
| 2 April 2024
| {{age in years and months|2012|04|02|2024|04|02}}
| [[Alliance for the Republic (Senegal)|APR]]
| [[Abdoul Mbaye]]<br />[[Aminata Touré (Senegalese politician)|Aminata Touré]]<br />[[Mohamed Dionne]]<br />[[Amadou Ba (politician, born 1961)|Amadou Ba]]<br />[[Sidiki Kaba]]
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|PASTEF}}; color:white;"| 5
| [[File:Bassirou Diomaye Faye - 2024 (cropped).jpg|149x149px]]
| [[Bassirou Diomaye Faye]]<br />{{small|(born 1980)}} 
| [[2024 Senegalese presidential election|2024]]
| 2 April 2024
| ''Incumbent'' 
| {{ayd|2024|04|02}}
| [[PASTEF]]
| [[Sidiki Kaba]]<br />[[Ousmane Sonko]]
|}

== Timeline ==
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==Latest election==
{{main|2024 Senegalese presidential election}}

==See also==
* [[Politics of Senegal]] 
* [[Prime Minister of Senegal]]
* [[First Lady of Senegal]]
* [[List of colonial governors of Senegal]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Senegal.html World Statesmen – Senegal]

{{Presidents of Senegal}}
{{Senegal topics}}
{{Heads of state and government of Africa}}

[[Category:Presidents of Senegal| ]]
[[Category:Government of Senegal]]
[[Category:Political office-holders in Senegal|Presidents]]
[[Category:1960 establishments in Senegal]]