Madieng Khary Dieng (21 November 1932 – 27 November 2020) was a
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 t ...
ese politician, who was a member of the
Socialist Party
Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...
. He served as a government minister several times during
's presidency.
Biography
Madieng Khary Dieng was born in
Coki
Koki, also spelled Coki, is a town in Senegal, the capital of an eponymous arrondissement in the Louga Region.
History
Koki was founded by the marabout in the Ndiambour province of the Wolof Kingdom of Cayor in the early 18th century. The Dame ...
on 21 November 1932. He continued his studies in Paris where he was auditor at the Institute of Higher Studies from 1964 to 1966 and at
Dakar
Dakar ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Senegal, largest city of Senegal. The Departments of Senegal, department of Dakar has a population of 1,278,469, and the population of the Dakar metropolitan area was at 4.0 mill ...
, at the National School of Administration.
On 8 April 1991 he was appointed
Minister of the Interior
An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...
. In his memoirs, Prime Minister
described him as an "excellent interior minister". Both have had to face a particularly tense situation at the time of the election of 9 May 1993 and assassination of Vice President of the Constitutional Council
Babacar Sèye, a few days later, on 15 May 1993.
Madieng Khary Dieng became Armed Forces Minister in the second government of
formed in June 1993. On 8 July 1993, in
Ziguinchor
Ziguinchor (; ; ) is the capital of the Ziguinchor Region, and the chief town of the Casamance area of Senegal, lying at the mouth of the Casamance River. It has a population of 214,874 (2023 census). It is the eighth largest city of Senegal ...
, he signed an important cease-fire agreement with
Augustin Diamacoune Senghor, Secretary General of the
MFDC. On 15 March 1995,
Cheikh Hamidou Kane Mathiara
Cheikh Hamidou Kane, nicknamed "Mathaira," (18 December 193912 July 1939, according to the ''Wal Fadjri'' newspaper - 15 May 2009) was a Senegalese politician and economist who served as a government minister several times during Abdou Diouf's pr ...
succeeded him to the Ministry of Armed Forces.
After leaving the government, Madieng Khary Dieng was appointed Ambassador to Gambia, a position he held from 1996 to 1998. General
Mamadou Diop succeeded him.
A neighborhood in the city of
Guédiawaye
Guédiawaye is a city in the Guédiawaye Department of the Dakar Region of Senegal. Lying on the Atlantic Ocean to the northeast of Dakar city centre, in 2013 it had a population of 329,659. Until the mid-2000s, the département was part of P ...
was named in his honor.
Dieng died on 27 November 2020.
Décès de l’ancien ministre de l’Intérieur Madieng Khary Dieng
References
Bibliography
*Babacar Ndiaye and Waly Ndiaye, ''Présidents et ministres de la République du Sénégal'', Dakar, 2006 (2nd ed.), p. 147
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1932 births
2020 deaths
Socialist Party of Senegal politicians
Defense ministers of Senegal
Interior ministers of Senegal
Military of Senegal
Ambassadors of Senegal to the Gambia