Abdoulaye Wade

Abdoulaye Wade
Abdoulaye Wade
	Wade in 2002
3rd President of Senegal
	In office; 1 April 2000 – 2 April 2012
Prime Minister	Moustapha Niasse; Mame Madior Boye; Idrissa Seck; Macky Sall; Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré; Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye;
Preceded by	Abdou Diouf
Succeeded by	Macky Sall
Secretary-General of the Senegalese Democratic Party
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 31 July 1974
Preceded by	Party established
Personal details
Born	29 May 1926; Kébémer, French Senegal; (now Senegal)
Political party	Senegalese Democratic Party
Spouse	Viviane Wade
Children	Karim; Sindjely
Religion	Islam

Abdoulaye Wade (French pronunciation: [abdulaj wad]; born 29 May 1926) is a French then Senegalese politician who was President of Senegal from 2000 to 2012. He is also the Secretary-General of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS), having led the party since it was founded in 1974. A long-time opposition leader, he ran for President four times, beginning in 1978, before he was elected in 2000. He won re-election in 2007 with a majority in the first round, but in 2012 he was defeated in a controversial bid for a third term.

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