SENEGAL'S LIST OF MINISTERS

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SUBJECT: SENEGAL'S LIST OF MINISTERS


SENEGAL'S NEW CABINET
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1. (U) As a result of the December 3 cabinet reshuffle, Senegal has
a new cabinet with twenty-eight ministers.

Cheikh Hadjibou Soumare, Prime Minister

Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, Minister of State, Minister of Foreign
Affairs

Abdoulaye Diop, Minister of State, Minister of Economy and Finance

Cheikh Tidiane Sy, Minister of State, Minister of Justice

Ousmane Ngom, Minister of State, Minister of Interior

Djibo Leity Ka, Minister of State, Minister of the Environment,
Natural Preservation, Water Retention Programs and Artificial Lakes


Habib Sy, Minister of State, Minister of Infrastructure,
Transportation, Telecommunication and New Information Technologies

Souleymane Ndene Ndiaye, Minister of State, Maritime Economy,
Fisheries and Aquaculture

Becaye Diop, Minister of State, Minister of Armed Forces

Oumar Sarr, Minister of State, Minister of Urban Planning, Housing,
Urban Hydraulics, Public Hygiene and Sanitation

Ousmane Masseck Ndiaye, Minister of State, Minister of
Decentralization and Local Governments

Moustapha Sourang, Minister of Education

Abdourahim Agne, Minister of Land Use and Decentralized Cooperation

Awa Ndiaye, Minister of Women Affairs, Women Entrepreneurship and
Microfinance

Madicke Niang, Minister of Mining and Industry

Adama Sall, Minister of Rural Hydraulics, National Hydrographical
Network

Mame Biram Diouf, Minister of Culture, Heritage Sites, National
Languages and Francophony

Safietou Thiam, Minister of Health and Prevention
Amath Sall, Minister of Agriculture and Husbandry

Christian Sina Diatta, Minister of Bio Energy, Renewable Energies
and Scientific Research

Farba Senghor, Minister of Commerce and Handicrafts

Bacar Dia, Minister of Information and Relations with Institutions

Issa Mbaye Samb, Minister of Sports and Leisure

Mamadou Lamine Keita, Minister of Youth and Youth Employment

Samuel Sarr, Minister of Energy

Innocence Ntab, Minister of Civil Service, Labor, and Professional
Organizations

Aminata Lo, Minister of Senegalese Living Abroad, and Tourism;
Spokesperson of the Government

Diame Signate, Minister of Technical Education and Vocational
Training

Ibrahima Sarr, Deputy Minister with responsibility for Budget.
SMITH