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Senegal joined with the Gambia to form the nominal confederation of Senegambia in 1982. However, the envisaged integration of the two countries was never carried out, and the union was dissolved in 1989. Despite peace talks, a separatist group in the southern Casamance region has sporadically clashed with government forces since 1982.
She was the first female governor in Senegal. In July 2014, Bampassy was appointed Minister of Public Service, Manpower Rationalisation and Public Service Renewal within the Government Dionne I, succeeding Mansour Sy. In November 2017, she became the ambassador of Senegal to Canada.
Politics in Senegal takes place within the framework of a presidential democratic republic. The President of Senegal is the head of state and government.
The Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon (French: Mandat pour la Syrie et le Liban; Arabic: الانتداب الفرنسي على سوريا ولبنان, romanized: al-intidāb al-faransī ʻalā sūriyā wa-lubnān, also referred to as the Levant States; [1] [2] 1923−1946) [3] was a League of Nations mandate [4] founded in the aftermath of the First World War and the partitioning of the ...
The Prime Minister of Senegal (French: Premier ministre du Sénégal) is the head of government of Senegal. [citation needed] The Prime Minister is appointed by the President of Senegal, who is directly elected for a five-year term. The Prime Minister, in turn, appoints the Cabinet of Senegal, after consultation with the President.
The current National Assembly, formed following elections in July 2022, comprises 165 elected members who serve five-year terms.The electoral system is a mixed member majoritarian (MMM) system; 90 deputies are elected in 35 single and multi-member districts (departments) by simple majority (plurality) party block vote (PBV, winning party list takes all seats in the district) and 60 seats are ...
Party for Solidarity and Development of Senegal – Sunu Party; Party for Truth and Development (Parti pour la vérité et le développement) (Sokhna Dieng Mbacké) Party of Independence and Work (Parti de l'Indépendance et du Travail) (Amath Dansokho) Rally of the Ecologists of Senegal (Rassemblement des écologistes du Sénégal – Les Verts)
The Chief of the Defense Staff (French: Chefs d'État-Major général des armées) is the professional head of the Armed Forces of Senegal. He/she is responsible for the administration and the operational control of the military of Senegal. The current chief is General of Air Corps Mbaye Cissé.