Abdourahmane Sow (14 March 1942 – 15 July 2023) was a Senegalese politician who was
Minister of the Interior of Senegal under the presidency of
, held the post of chair of the
World Scout Committee
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.
In 1995 he became Minister of the Interior in the third government of
, replacing
Djibo Leyti Kâ
Djibo Leyti Kâ (21 February 1948 – 14 September 2017) was a Senegalese politician and the Secretary-General of the Union for Democratic Renewal (URD). He was a prominent minister under President Abdou Diouf from 1981 to 1995 and founded the URD ...
. General
Lamine Cissé
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Club career
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succeeded him in January 1998.
In 1998 Sow was appointed Minister of Urban Planning and Habitat in the government of
.
After being a socialist minister for several years, he was elected Liberal deputy of
Louga
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to the
National Assembly
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, of which he became the fourth vice-president.
Sow was married and had 6 children. He died on 15 July 2023, at the age of 81.
References
External links
* Babacar Ndiaye et Waly Ndiaye, ''Présidents et ministres de la République du Sénégal'', Dakar, 2006 (2e éd.), p. 393
Fiche d'Abdourahmane Sow sur le site de l'Assemblée nationale
1942 births
2023 deaths
Socialist Party of Senegal politicians
Senegalese Democratic Party politicians
Members of the National Assembly (Senegal)
Interior ministers of Senegal
Scouting and Guiding in Senegal
World Scout Committee members
People from Dakar region
20th-century Senegalese politicians
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