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Macky Sall

president of Senegal
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December 11, 1961, Fatick, Senegal (age 62)
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Macky Sall (born December 11, 1961, Fatick, Senegal) is a Senegalese geologist and politician who served as prime minister (2004–07) and as president (2012–24) of Senegal. Sall was raised in a family of modest means in the town of Fatick in western Senegal. He studied geological engineering and geophysics at University Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar (graduated 1988) and the French Institute of Petroleum outside Paris. In 2000 he became a special adviser on energy and mines to Senegalese Pres. Abdoulaye Wade, and the following year he became minister of mines, energy, and water. In 2002 he also took on ...(100 of 1445 words)

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