Ousmane Sonko | |
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 Sonko in 2023 | |
| 16th Prime Minister of Senegal | |
| Assumed office 3 April 2024 | |
| President | Bassirou Diomaye Faye |
| Preceded by | Sidiki Kaba |
| Leader of PASTEF | |
| Assumed office January 2014 | |
| General Secretary | Bassirou Diomaye Faye |
| Preceded by | Party established |
| Mayor of Ziguinchor | |
| In office 2022–2024 | |
| Member of the National Assembly of Senegal | |
| In office 2017–2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 July 1974 Thiès, Senegal |
| Political party | PASTEF (2014—present) |
| Children | 6 |
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| Alma mater | Gaston Berger University |
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Ousmane Sonko (born 15 July 1974) is a Senegalese politician and former tax inspector who is serving as the 16th prime minister of Senegal since 2024. He is also the leader of PASTEF ever since the party was founded in January 2014.
Sonko was the PASTEF candidate in the 2019 presidential election, ultimately placing third. A major figure in the Senegalese opposition against former president Macky Sall, his arrest and subsequent investigation by authorities in 2019 following sexual assault accusations triggered mass protests and rioting across Senegal. In June 2023, he was sentenced to two years in prison, and in July 2023, his party PASTEF was dissolved by the Senegalese government.