Landing Savané
Landing Savané (born January 10, 1945[1]) is a Senegalese politician and the secretary-general of And-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism.[2]
Political career
Savané is from
He unsuccessfully ran for president in 1988 and 1993,
Savané supported Wade, the main opposition candidate, in the February–March 2000 presidential election,[11] and after Wade's victory Savané was appointed to the government as Minister of Mines, Crafts and Industry in April 2000. In May 2001 he was removed from responsibility for mines, but remained Minister of Crafts and Industry; in November 2002 he was promoted to the rank of Minister of State, while remaining in charge of crafts and industry.[12] He remained in that position until May 2005, when he instead became Minister of State under the President.[12][13]
On November 12, 2006, Savané was invested as his party's candidate for the presidential election of February 25, 2007.[2] Despite running against Wade, the incumbent president, Savané retained his position as Minister of State under the President in a cabinet reshuffle on November 23.[14] In early February 2007 Savané announced that he and his party would end their alliance with Wade regardless of who won the election.[11] In the election, Savané took seventh place with 2.07% of the vote.[15] He and the other AJ/PADS ministers resigned from the government on February 27, immediately after the election,[16] but the party remained part of the presidential majority supporting Wade.[17]
Savané was one of three candidates of the coalition And Defaar Sénégal to be elected to the National Assembly in the June 2007 parliamentary election, winning a seat through national list proportional representation.[18] The coalition, which included AJ/PADS, had backed Savané in the presidential election and chose not to participate in an opposition boycott of the parliamentary election.[19] Savané was again appointed to the post of Minister of State under the President on March 31, 2008, while another AJ/PADS member, Mamadou Diop Decroix, was appointed as Minister of Trade.[20] Later, Savané came into conflict with Decroix, who was Deputy Secretary-General of AJ/PADS, and expelled him from the party, although that decision was contested and caused an internal party crisis in early 2009.[21] Savané was removed from his post as Minister of State under the President on May 1, 2009,[22] and two months later he announced that AJ/PADS was rejoining the opposition.[23]
On 29 December 2009, Savané expressed his solidarity with Senegalese Christians who were offended by comments in which Wade defensively compared an "African Renaissance" statue that was under construction to Christian religious imagery. He reiterated his view that "Wade is now a danger to the nation" and stressed the importance of preserving peace and harmony. According to Savané, Wade treated the people like ignorant children unable to make proper decisions and showed his contempt for them through his efforts "to impose a third term, by fraud if necessary, and his son as his successor". He also argued that Wade showed contempt for political parties by excluding them from decisions regarding the electoral code and he alleged that Wade was trying to set Senegalese of different religions against one another, thereby disregarding Senegal's history of religious tolerance and harmony.[24]
Family and personal life
He is married to Marie-Angélique Savané, a sociologist and feminist activist.[25]
They are the parents of professional basketball player Sitapha Savané.
References
- ^ a b "Elu président du Sénégal, Landing Savané misera sur un taux de croissance à deux chiffres"[permanent dead link], African Press Agency, February 4, 2007 (in French).
- ^ a b c "Un allié de Me Wade candidat à la présidentielle de février 2007"[permanent dead link], African Press Agency, November 13, 2006 (in French).
- ^ a b "Government page for Savané" (in French). Archived from the original on June 19, 2004. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
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- ^ Political Parties of the World (6th edition, 2005), ed. Bogdan Szajkowski, page 511.
- ^ "Sénégal : arrestations et détentions se poursuivent", L'Humanité, February 23, 1994 (in French).
- ^ a b "Savané Landing", Senegal: Les Hommes de Pouvoir, number 5, Africa Intelligence, July 17, 2001 (in French).
- ^ Howard W. French, "Once Seen As a Political Beacon, Senegal Backslides", The New York Times, March 31, 1998, section A, page 4.
- ^ a b "Landing Savane to end his alliance with President Wade after the polls"[permanent dead link], African Press Agency, February 7, 2007.
- ^ a b Madior Fall, "LANDING SAVANE : Pour un « folli » alternatif", SudQuotidien, February 6, 2007 (in French).
- ^ "Sénégal : léger remaniement du gouvernement" Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine, Xinhua, May 20, 2005 (in French).
- ^ "New Senegalese cabinet following Thursday’s reshuffle"[permanent dead link], African Press Agency, November 24, 2006.
- ^ "Le texte intégral de la décision du Conseil constitutionnel" Archived 2007-05-20 at the Wayback Machine, Agence de Presse Sénégalaise, March 11, 2007 (in French).
- ^ "Landing Savané et ses ministres démissionnent du gouvernement", Nettali, February 27, 2007 (in French).
- ^ Birame Faye, "Passé présent Landing, hier et aujourd'hui : La tortuosité d’une icône de la gauche révolutionnaire", Le Quotidien, 10 January 2010 (in French).
- ^ "Le Conseil constitutionnel confirme définitivement la large victoire de la Coalition Sopi", Le Soleil, June 15, 2007 (in French).
- ^ "Party coalition unveils bid for parliamentary polls in Senegal"[permanent dead link], African Press Agency, April 5, 2007.
- ^ "Le gouvernement recomposé", RFI, 1 April 2008 (in French).
- ^ Georges Nesta Diop, "Exclusion de Decroix d'And Jëf - Le ministre de l'intérieur désavoue", Walfadjri, April 9, 2009 (in French).
- ^ "Au nom du père et du fils !" Archived 2009-05-06 at the Wayback Machine, Sud Online, May 2, 2009 (in French).
- ^ "AJ/PADS-Des mois après son éviction du gouvernement :Landing Savané atterrit enfin dans l’opposition", Le Quotidien, July 4, 2009 (in French).
- ^ Georges Nesta Diop, "Landing Savané manifeste sa solidarité à l'Eglise - 'Abdoulaye Wade constitue désormais un danger pour notre nation'", WalFadjri, 30 December 2009 (in French).
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