Bassirou Diomaye Faye
Bassirou Diomaye Faye | |
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Faye in 2025 | |
| 5th President of Senegal | |
| Assumed office 2 April 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Ousmane Sonko |
| Preceded by | Macky Sall |
| General Secretary of PASTEF | |
| In office 15 October 2022 – 3 April 2024 | |
| Leader | Ousmane Sonko |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Ayib Daffé |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye 25 March 1980 Ndiaganiao, Senegal |
| Party | PASTEF (since 2014) |
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| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | National School of Administration, Dakar Cheikh Anta Diop University |
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Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye (Wolof: Basiiru Jomaay Jaxaar Fay; born 25 March 1980), commonly known mononymously as Diomaye, is a Senegalese politician and former tax official who is serving as the fifth and current president of Senegal since 2024. He was previously the general secretary of PASTEF, who won the 2024 Senegalese presidential election in place of disqualified candidate Ousmane Sonko, whom he later appointed as prime minister.