Idrissa Seck (Senegal)

Positions
From	To	Organisation	Position
2007	2007		Presidential Candidate of the Party Rewmi- He obtained 510,922 votes representing 14.92%
2006		Rewmi	Founder & Leader
2005	2006		Imprisonment for alleged corruption in connection with infrastructure projects in Thiès
2005	2005		Expulsion of Idrissa Seck from the party PDS*
2002		Commune of Thies	Mayor of Thies
2002	2004	Office of the Prime Minister	Prime Minister**
2002	2002		Presidential Campaign Director of the Candidate Abdoulaye Wade
2000	2002	Ministry of State Attached to the President - Defunct 2007	Minister of State and Director of the Cabinet
2000	2002	Senegalese Democratic Party	Deputy National Secretary, PDS
1998	2000	Senegalese Democratic Party	Deputy Leader , PDS
1995	1998	Ministry of Commerce	Minister of Trade, Crafts, and Industrialization
1992	1995		Chairman of the Cabinet ACG Afrique
1986	1992	PricewaterhouseCoopers Africa	Consultant, PwC Senegal

Date of Birth	09 Aug 1959
Political Affiliation	Rewmi
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Notes	Expulsion of Idrissa Seck from the PDS: Senegal's ruling party had kicked out former prime minister Idrissa Seck and three of his closest supporters [Papa Diouf, Awa Gueye Kebe, and Oumar Sarr], accusing him of "factionalism and attempts to destabilise the authorities in charge of the state". [ 6 Aug 2005 - http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&;click_id=68&art_id=qw1123336802566B252 ] * Sacking of Prime Minister Seck: The Prime Minister Idrissa Seck, sacked by Wade in April last year [2004], is alleged to have misspent ?32-million ($38-million) of state funds for roadworks in his city of Thies. [ 6 Aug 2005 - http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&;click_id=68&art_id=qw1123336802566B252 ]

Record last updated on 19 JUN 2008