Amath Dansokho

Amath Dansokho

Amath Dansokho (January 13, 1937[1] – August 23, 2019)[2] was a Senegalese politician. He was Secretary-General of the Party of Independence and Work (PIT) for years; he also served in the government of Senegal as Minister of Urban Planning and Housing from 1991 to 1995 and again, briefly, in 2000. He was mayor of Kédougou for a time. Since 2012, he was a special adviser to the president of Senegal; he was also honorary president of the PIT.

  1. ^ "Ce que Dansokho a réellement dit à la Dic", Le Messager, 10 April 2006 (in French).
  2. ^ "Sénégal : Mort du ministre Amath Dansokho, ex-figure majeure de l'opposition". Le Monde.fr. 24 August 2019.