Idrissa Seck

Idrissa Seck
Seck in 2024
Prime Minister of Senegal
In office
4 November 2002 – 21 July 2004
PresidentAbdoulaye Wade
Preceded byMame Madior Boye
Succeeded byMacky Sall
Personal details
Born (1959-08-09) 9 August 1959 (age 65)
Thiès, Senegal
Political partyRewmi
Other political
affiliations
PDS (until 2006)
SpouseNdèye Penda Tall

Idrissa Seck (born 9 August 1959[1]) is a Senegalese politician who was Prime Minister of Senegal from November 2002 to July 2004. He was a leading member of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) and was considered a protégé of President Abdoulaye Wade, but he subsequently went into opposition and was a candidate in the February 2007 presidential election, coming second place with about 15% of the vote.[2]

  1. ^ "Decision of the Constitutional Council on presidential candidacies" (in French). 26 January 2007. Archived from the original on 9 June 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. ^ "Le texte intégral de la décision du Conseil constitutionnel". Seneweb.com (in French). Agence de Presse Sénégalaise. 11 March 2007. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 12 March 2007.