Mamadou Bamba Ndiaye

Mamado Bamba Ndiaye
Born4 April 1949
Dakar, French Senegal
Died3 July 2020(2020-07-03) (aged 71)
NationalitySenegalese
OccupationPolitician

Mamado Bamba Ndiaye (4 April 1949 – 3 July 2020) was a Senegalese journalist, islamologist, and politician.[1] He served as Minister of Religious Affairs under the presidency of Abdoulaye Wade from 2000 to 2012. He supported Malick Gakou as Parti Grand leader in 2012, and Macky Sall for President of Senegal in 2019. Ndiaye was also director of the daily newspaper Le Messager.[2]

Ndiaye died on 3 July 2020, in Dakar, at the age of 71 from COVID-19.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Le palu emporte Mamadou Bamba Ndiaye, 71 ans, ex-ministre des Affaires religieuses de Wade". Tract (in French). 4 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Décès de l'ex-ministre des Affaires religieuses : Le dernier prêche de Bamba Ndiaye". Le Quotidien (in French). 4 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Sénégal. Covid-19: Décès de l'ancien ministre Bamba Ndiaye qui a débuté sa carrière au Maroc".
  4. ^ "Qui était Bamba Ndiaye ?". iGFM (in French). 4 July 2020.