Transition — Abdou Diouf and Senghor at the Académie française

31 déc. 1980 / 1983 · Dakar

On 1 January 1981, President Senghor voluntarily handed power to his Prime Minister Abdou Diouf, as the Constitution provided — a rare gesture in Africa at the time. In 1983, Senghor became the first African elected to the Académie française. Abdou Diouf would govern Senegal until 2000.

Sources

• Persée — compte-rendu de Diop & Diouf, « Le Sénégal sous Abdou Diouf, État et Société » (Politique africaine, 1992)
• Britannica — Abdou Diouf

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