The first lady of Senegal (

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: ''Première Dame du Sénégal'') is the title attributed to the wife of the

president of Senegal The president of Senegal () is the head of state of Senegal. In accordance with the 2001 Senegalese constitutional referendum, constitutional reform of 2001 and since a 2016 Senegalese constitutional referendum, referendum that took place on 20 ...

. The country's current first lady is wife of President

Bassirou Diomaye Faye Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye (; born 25 March 1980), commonly known mononymously as Diomaye, is a Senegalese politician and former tax official who is serving as the fifth and current president of Senegal since 2024. He is the general secretary ...

, who had held the position since 2 April 2024. There has been no first gentleman of

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to date.

History

Senegal's inaugural first lady, Colette Hubert Senghor, wife of President

Léopold Sédar Senghor Léopold Sédar Senghor ( , , ; 9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese politician, cultural theorist and poet who served as the first president of Senegal from 1960 to 1980. Ideologically an African socialist, Senghor was one ...

, was from

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. The country's second first lady, Elizabeth Diouf, is the daughter of a Lebanese father and a Senegalese mother. Like Colette Senghor, Viviane Wade, Senegal's third first lady, is an ethnic French woman from France.

Marieme Faye Sall Marieme Faye Sall, also spelled Marème Faye Sall, is a Senegalese public figure who served as the first lady of Senegal from 2012 to 2024, as wife of President Macky Sall. She is the country's first first lady to possess full Senegalese heritag ...

, the country's fourth first lady, is the country's first black first lady, as well as the first fully Senegalese-born and raised first lady. President

, who has two wives,

Marie Khone Faye Marie Khone Faye is the first wife of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, co-wife of Absa Faye, and First Lady of Senegal. Early life and education Marie Khone Faye is the oldest child of a family of seven children. Her father, Mbaye Faye, is a ...

History

First ladies of Senegal

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