Politics
Macky Sall – The man that wants to be the next president of Senegal
Senegal presidential candidate., Macky Sall. PHOTO/File
Macky Sall may be 30 years younger than the man he will face in the run-off election for Senegal’s president, but he does not lack political pedigree.
Sall served as President Abdoulaye Wade‘s prime minister between 2004 and 2007 and before that held the interior and mines portfolios.
He also oversaw the successful re-election of Mr Wade five years ago, heading his electoral campaign – and went on to become president of the National Assembly.
And he has twice served as mayor of his home town of Fatick, 120km (75 miles) south of the capital.
Mr Sall, who took 27 percent of the vote in the first round, is part of the 23 June Movement (M23) which organized mass protests against Mr Wade’s bid for a third term in office.
