Mbaye-Jacques Diop | |
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In office 1983–2004 | |
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Born | Rufisque, Senegal | 15 January 1936
Died | 11 September 2016 | (aged 80)
Political party | Socialist Party Party for Progress and Citizenship Senegalese Democratic Party |
Occupation | Politician |
Mbaye-Jacques Diop (15 January 1936 – 11 September 2016)[1][2] was a Senegalese politician. He served as a Deputy in the National Assembly of Senegal from 1983 to 2004, as Mayor of Rufisque from 1987 to 2002, and as President of the Council of the Republic for Economic and Social Affairs (CRAES) from 2004 to 2007. He was a long-time member of the Socialist Party (PS), but split from the PS to form his own party, the Party for Progress and Citizenship (PPC), in 2000, before merging that party into the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) two years later.
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