Abdoulaye Wade

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Abdoulaye Wade is a Senegalese politician and lawyer who served as President of Senegal from 2000 to 2012 and played a prominent role in the country’s political liberalization and infrastructure development.

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Abdoulaye Wade canonical 8

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instanceOf President ⓘ
head of state ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
awardReceived Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour ⓘ
Order of the Republic of The Gambia ⓘ
child Karim Wade ⓘ
country Senegal ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Senegal ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1926-05-29 ⓘ
educatedAt Sorbonne University ⓘ
University of Franche-Comté ⓘ
University of Grenoble ⓘ
election 2000 Senegalese presidential election ⓘ
2007 Senegalese presidential election ⓘ
2012 Senegalese presidential election ⓘ
endTime 2012-04-02 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Lebou ⓘ
familyName Wade ⓘ
fieldOfStudy law ⓘ
founded Senegalese Democratic Party ⓘ
givenName Abdoulaye ⓘ
headOfGovernment Government of Senegal ⓘ
knownFor defeating Abdou Diouf in the 2000 Senegalese presidential election ⓘ
introducing multi-party political reforms in Senegal ⓘ
promoting major public works projects ⓘ
languageSpoken French ⓘ
Wolof ⓘ
movement liberalism in Senegal ⓘ
name Abdoulaye Wade ⓘ
notableWork infrastructure development in Senegal ⓘ
political liberalization in Senegal ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
officeContested President of Senegal ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kébémer ⓘ
Louga Region ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
politicalParty Senegalese Democratic Party ⓘ
positionHeld Mayor of Dakar ⓘ
President of Senegal ⓘ
Secretary-General of the Senegalese Democratic Party ⓘ
predecessor Abdou Diouf ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
residence Dakar ⓘ
spouse Viviane Wade ⓘ
startTime 2000-04-01 ⓘ
successor Macky Sall ⓘ

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Abdoulaye Wade → name → Abdoulaye Wade ⓘ
Abdou Diouf → succeededBy → Abdoulaye Wade ⓘ
Stade Me Abdoulaye Wade → namedAfter → Abdoulaye Wade ⓘ
Incorruptible → focusesOn → Abdoulaye Wade ⓘ