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Marieme Faye Sall, also spelled Marème Faye Sall, is a Senegalese public figure who served as the first lady of Senegal from 2012 to 2024, as wife of President Macky Sall. She is the country's first first lady to possess full Senegalese heritage by birth and ethnicity, as her three predecessors were of ethnic French or half Lebanese origin.
Marieme Faye Sall, the country's fourth first lady, is the country's first black first lady, as well as the first fully Senegalese-born and raised first lady. [1] [2] President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who has two wives, Marie Khone Faye and Absa Faye, is Senegal's first polygamous president. [3]
Faye is polygamous and has two wives: Marie Khone Faye and Absa Faye. [40] Marie Khone is a close relative of her husband, and together they have had four children: three boys and one girl. He has not had any children with Absa. [41] Faye married Marie in 2009 and Absa in 2023. [42]
Ba and President Macky Sall both congratulated Faye, who turned 44 on Monday. They hailed the outcome as a win for Senegal, whose reputation as one of West Africa's most stable democracies took a ...
Marie Khone Faye is the oldest child of a family of seven children. [1] Her father, Mbaye Faye, is a retired teacher in Ndiaganiao and her mother, Coumba Faye, is a stay-at-home mother. She did elementary studies at the Marie Béatrice School of the Catholic Mission.
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
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Outgoing president Macky Sall also congratulated Faye, hailing "a victory for Senegalese democracy". [98] [99] Faye's victory is the first instance that an opposition candidate won an election in the first round since Senegal's independence in 1960. [93] Faye was officially inaugurated as president on 2 April. [100]