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Abdoulaye Wade

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Abdoulaye Wade (French pronunciation: [abdulaj wad], Wolof: Abdulaay Wàdd; born 29 May 1926) is a Senegalese politician who served as the third president of Senegal from 2000 to 2012. He is also the Secretary-General of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS), having led the party since it was founded in 1974. Assuming office at 74, Wade was the oldest person to occupy the post. A long-time opposition leader, he ran for president four times, beginning in 1978, before he was finally elected in the year 2000. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abdoulaye Wade is the 3,495th most popular politician (up from 3,537th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Senegal (up from 3rd in 2019) and the most popular Senegalese Politician.

Abdoulaye Wade is most famous for being the president of Senegal from 2000 to 2012. He was the first president of Senegal to be elected in a democratic election.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abdoulaye Wade ranks 3,495 out of 19,576. Before him are Liudolf, Duke of Saxony, Omar Torrijos, William X, Duke of Aquitaine, Olympia Mancini, Countess of Soissons, Eric X of Sweden, and Yousaf Raza Gillani. After him are Laelianus, Constantin Fehrenbach, Than Shwe, Abu'l-Khayr Khan, Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, and Fritigern.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Abdoulaye Wade ranks 62. Before him are Tony Bennett, Vivian Maier, John G. Kemeny, Murray Rothbard, Margot Frank, and Masatoshi Koshiba. After him are Peter Lax, Kim Jae-gyu, Ingrid Thulin, Jean-Pierre Serre, Harry Dean Stanton, and Salah Jadid.

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In Senegal

Among people born in Senegal, Abdoulaye Wade ranks 2 out of 138. Before him are Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906). After him are Ségolène Royal (1953), Abdou Diouf (1935), Patrick Vieira (1976), Youssou N'Dour (1959), Ousmane Sembène (1923), Ali Dia (1965), Macky Sall (1961), Cheikh Anta Diop (1923), Mariama Bâ (1929), and Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow (1921).

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Among POLITICIANS In Senegal

Among politicians born in Senegal, Abdoulaye Wade ranks 1. After him are Ségolène Royal (1953), Abdou Diouf (1935), Macky Sall (1961), Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow (1921), Mame Madior Boye (1940), Mamadou Dia (1910), Ba Mamadou Mbaré (1946), Mahammed Dionne (1959), Fatma Samoura (1962), Habib Thiam (1933), and Aminata Touré (1962).

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