Abdou Diouf

Abdou Diouf is a Senegalese politician who served as president of Senegal from 1981 to 2000 and secretary-general of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie from 2003 to 2014.

Léopold Sédar Senghor: Senegalese poet and politician who became the country’s first president after independence. Senghor appointed Diouf prime minister and designated him as his successor.
Presidency of Senegal: The elected executive office that leads the government and state of Senegal. Diouf’s constitutional powers and presidential terms belong to this institution.
Organisation internationale de la Francophonie: An international organization coordinating cooperation among French-speaking countries and governments. Diouf led the organization as secretary-general from 2003 to 2014.
Senegalese democracy: The system of competitive elections and civilian political rule in Senegal. Diouf’s era combined long one-party dominance with the 2000 opposition victory.
Ousmane Tanor Dieng: Senegalese politician who led the Socialist Party for decades after Diouf’s presidency. Dieng succeeded Diouf as head of the Socialist Party.
Socialist Party of Senegal: A Senegalese political party that governed the country from independence until 2000. The party provided Diouf’s political base throughout his presidency.
Francophonie: The worldwide community of people and institutions connected through the French language. Diouf’s international office promoted cooperation across this linguistic and cultural community.
Peaceful transfer of power: The orderly handover of political authority from one governing leader or party to another. Diouf conceded defeat in 2000, establishing a landmark peaceful party turnover.
Abdoulaye Wade: Senegalese politician who defeated Diouf in the 2000 presidential election and served as president until 2012. Wade’s victory ended Diouf’s long rule and Senegal’s uninterrupted Socialist Party presidency.
Senegalese presidential election, 2000: The election in which Abdoulaye Wade defeated incumbent president Abdou Diouf. The result marked Senegal’s first peaceful transfer of power between rival parties.

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