Awa Diop (politician)
Awa Diop (1 May 1948 – 21 July 2021) was a Senegalese politician and an early militant of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS).[1] She was a deputy in the National Assembly and a minister under the presidency of Abdoulaye Wade.
Life and career
Diop was born in
Trained as a
On 2 February 1975, she joined the
Diop was elected as a deputy to the National Assembly for the first time in 1993. She was appointed a deputy minister to the Prime Minister on 16 October 2006[2] and kept that position during the 27 February 2007 government reshuffle.[3] However, this office was disestablished with the formation of the Soumaré Government on 5 July 2007.[4]
Diop died in 2021.[5]
References
- ^ a b c ""Awa Diop : 'La dame de fer'", in Femmes au Sénégal". Les Cahiers de l'Alternance (in French). No. 10. Dakar: partinership between the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the Centre d'études des sciences et techniques de l'information (CESTI). December 2006. p. 87.
- ^ "Décret n° 2006-1103 du 16 octobre 2006". Journal Officiel de la République du Sénégal (in French).
- ^ "Décret n° 2007-300 du 27 février 2007". Journal Officiel de la République du Sénégal (in French).
- ^ "Décret n° 2007-834 du 5 juillet 2007". Journal Officiel de la République du Sénégal (in French).
- ^ "Nécrologie : Décès de Awa Diop du PDS". 21 July 2021.
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