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Bokk Gis Gis
Bokk Gis Gis (), officially the Convergence démocratique Bokk Gis Gis, is a political party in Senegal, led by Pape Diop. It was principally made up of former members of the Senegalese Democratic Party, led by then-President Abdoulaye Wade, and won 4 seats in the 2012 parliamentary election. In 2017, the party rejoined Wade's coalition, Wattu Senegal, and Pape Diop won the party's lone seat in the 2017 parliamentary election. Following the 2022 parliamentary election Pape Diop was again elected as only MP for the party and he decided to support Macky Sall after its United in Hope United may refer to: Places * United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Arts and entertainment Films * ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film * ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two f ... coalition fell one seat short of majority to facilitate the formation of a new government. Election results National Assembly elections Referen ...
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Political Party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ideological or policy goals. Political parties have become a major part of the politics of almost every country, as modern party organizations developed and spread around the world over the last few centuries. Although List of countries without political parties, some countries have no political parties, this is extremely rare. Most countries have Multi-party system, several parties while others One-party state, only have one. Parties are important in the politics of autocracies as well as democracies, though usually Democracy, democracies have more political parties than autocracies. Autocracies often have a single party that Government, governs the country, and some political scientists consider competition between two or more parties to ...
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United In Hope
United may refer to: Places * United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Arts and entertainment Films * ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film * ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two film * ''The United'' (film), an unreleased Arabic-language film Literature * ''United!'' (novel), a 1973 children's novel by Michael Hardcastle Music * United (band), Japanese thrash metal band formed in 1981 Albums * ''United'' (Commodores album), 1986 * ''United'' (Dream Evil album), 2006 * ''United'' (Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell album), 1967 * ''United'' (Marian Gold album), 1996 * ''United'' (Phoenix album), 2000 * ''United'' (Woody Shaw album), 1981 Songs * "United" (Judas Priest song), 1980 * "United" (Prince Ital Joe and Marky Mark song), 1994 * "United" (Robbie Williams song), 2000 * "United", a song by Danish duo Nik & Jay featuring Lisa Rowe * "United (Who We Are)", a song by XO-IQ, featured in the television ser ...
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Liberal Parties In Senegal
Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * Generally, a supporter of the political philosophy liberalism. Liberals may be politically left or right but tend to be centrist. * An adherent of a Liberal Party (See also Liberal parties by country) * Classical liberalism * Liberalism (international relations) * Sexually liberal feminism * Social liberalism Arts, entertainment and media * ''El Liberal'', a Spanish newspaper published 1879–1936 * ''The Liberal'', a British political magazine published 2004–2012 * ''Liberalism'' (book), a 1927 book by Ludwig von Mises * "Liberal", a song by Band-Maid from the 2019 album '' Conqueror'' Places in the United States * Liberal, Indiana * Liberal, Kansas * Liberal, Missouri * Liberal, Oregon Religion * Religious liberalism * Liberal Christianity * Liberalism and progressivism within Islam * Liberal Judaism (other) People * Julia Liberal Liberal (born 1967), Spanish politician See also * * * Liberal arts (disambiguation ...
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Political Parties In Senegal
This article lists political parties in Senegal. Senegal presently has a multi-party system. Parties represented in the National Assembly Other parties * African Independence Party ( Majhemout Diop) * African Party for the Independence of the Masses * Alliance for Progress and Justice/Jëf-Jël (''Alliance pour le Progrès et la Justice/Jëf-Jël'') * And-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism (''And-Jëf/Parti Africain pour la démocratie et le socialisme'') (Landing Savané, secretary general) * Democratic League/Movement for the Labour Party (''Ligue Démocratique-Mouvement pour le Parti du Travail'') r. Abdoulaye Bathily* Front for Socialism and Democracy/Benno Jubël ( Cheikh Abdoulaye Dieye) * Gainde Centrist Bloc ( Jean-Paul Dias) * Movement for the Liberation of the Senegalese People ( Louis Jacques Senghor) * Movement for Rebirth, Liberty and Development/MRLD ("Mouvement pour la Renaissance, la Liberté et le Développement") ( Abdourahmane Sarr) * M ...
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Takku Wallu Sénégal
Takku Wallu Sénégal (TWS; ; ) is a Senegalese liberal political coalition led by former President Macky Sall. The coalition's main components are the two former ruling parties, Alliance for the Republic and the Senegalese Democratic Party, as well as Rewmi, Bokk Gis Gis, Union of Centrists of Senegal and other parties. History The Takku Wallu Sénégal Grand Coalition was founded on 25 September 2024 on the eve of the snap parliamentary election. About 125 political parties and movements took part in the creation of the coalition. Takku Wallu Sénégal became part of a broad anti-PASTEF "inter-coalition", along with two other colaitions: Sàmm Sa Kàddu led by Barthélémy Dias and Jàmm ak Njariñ led by Amadou Ba. The coalitions joined forces in almost all of Senegal's departments, forming joint lists. On 30 September 2024, it was announced that former Senegalese President Macky Sall would become the leader of the national list of the Takku Wallu Sénégal coalition ...
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2024 Senegalese Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Senegal on 17 November 2024 following the early dissolution of the National Assembly (Senegal), National Assembly by president Bassirou Diomaye Faye. The decision to dissolve the Assembly came during a politically tense period, with Faye seeking a stronger mandate for his administration’s policies amid growing economic challenges and increasing public demands for reform. The election resulted in a decisive victory for Faye's party PASTEF, which won an absolute majority in the National Assembly with 130 of the 165 seats. The main opposition coalition, Takku Wallu Sénégal, managed to secure 16 seats, while Jàmm ak Njariñ took 7 seats. Background On 12 September 2024, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye dissolved the National Assembly (Senegal), National Assembly and ordered snap elections for the chamber on 17 November. Faye, who took office on 2 April, and his prime minister, Ousmane Sonko, had previously been in conflict with the oppositio ...
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Manko Wattu Sénégal
The Manko Wattu Sénégal coalition is a group of several political parties organised to contest the 2017 Senegalese legislative elections. The coalition was organised and principally led by the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) of former President Abdoulaye Wade, but also included former breakaway Bokk Gis Gis and several other smaller parties. The group won 19 seats in the election, a slight increase on the 12 won by the PDS in 2012. The coalition was formed after negotiations to form a unified opposition list, the Manko Taxawu Sénégal coalition, broke down over disputes on whether Wade or imprisoned former Mayor of Dakar, Khalifa Sall, would head the list. Inside the National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repr ..., it caucuses as the Group for Freedom and ...
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Le Monde
(; ) is a mass media in France, French daily afternoon list of newspapers in France, newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average print circulation, circulation of 480,000 copies per issue in 2022, including 40,000 sold abroad. It has been available online since 1995, and it is often the only French newspaper easily obtainable in non-French-speaking countries. It should not be confused with the monthly publication ', of which has 51% ownership but is editorially independent. is considered one of the French newspapers of record, along with ''Libération'' and . A Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Reuters Institute poll in 2021 found that is the most trusted French newspaper. The paper's journalistic side has a collegial form of organization, in which most journalists are tenured, unionized, and financial stakeholders in the business. While shareholders appoint the company's CEO, the editor is elected by ''Le Monde''s journali ...
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Macky Sall
Macky Sall (, , ; born 11 December 1961) is a Senegalese politician who served as the fourth president of Senegal from 2012 to 2024. He previously served as the eighth Prime Minister of Senegal, prime minister from 2004 to 2007, under President Abdoulaye Wade and List of presidents of the National Assembly of Senegal, president of the National Assembly from 2007 to 2008. Sall served as the Mayor of Fatick from 2002 to 2008 and held that post again from 2009 to 2012. He was a long-time member of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS). After coming into conflict with Wade, he was removed from his post as President of the National Assembly in November 2008; he consequently founded his own party named the Alliance for the Republic (Senegal), Alliance for the Republic (APR) and joined the opposition. Placing second in the first round of the 2012 Senegalese presidential election, 2012 presidential election, he won the backing of other opposition candidates and prevailed over Wade in th ...
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Senegal
Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea to Guinea–Senegal border, the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to Guinea-Bissau–Senegal border, the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds The Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country. It also shares a maritime border with Cape Verde. Senegal's capital is Dakar. Senegal is the westernmost country in the mainland of the Old World, or Afro-Eurasia. It owes its name to the Senegal River, which borders it to the east and north. The climate is typically Sahelian, though there is a wet season, rainy season. Senegal covers a land area of almost and has a population of around 18 million. The state is a Presidential system ...
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2022 Senegalese Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Senegal on 31 July 2022 to elect the 165 members of the National Assembly (Senegal), National Assembly. President Macky Sall's Benno Bokk Yakaar, United in Hope coalition remained the largest bloc in the National Assembly but lost its majority it had held since 2012 Senegalese parliamentary election, 2012. Electoral system The 165 members of the National Assembly (Senegal), National Assembly are elected by two methods; 112 are elected by either First-past-the-post voting, first-past-the-post or General ticket, party bloc vote in single- or multi-member constituencies based on the 46 Departments of Senegal, departments, with an additional 15 elected by overseas voters."Sénégal : les ...
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Senegalese Parliamentary Election, 2017
Demographic features of the population of Senegal include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. About 42% of Senegal's population is rural. In rural areas, population density varies from about 77 per square kilometer (200/mile²) in the west-central region to 2 per square kilometer (5/mile²) in the arid eastern section. The average population density for the country is . French is the official language but is used regularly only by the literate minority. Almost all Senegalese speak an indigenous language, of which Wolof has the largest usage. Many Senegalese live in Europe, particularly in France, Italy and Spain. Population According to the 2018 revision of the World Population Review the total population was 16,302,789 in May 2018, compared to only 2,416,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2017 was 41.5%, between 15 and 54 years of age ...
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