Name Cheikh Gadio Cheikh Gadio
Surname Gadio
First Names Cheikh Tidiane
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Country of Birth Senegal
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2001   ECOWAS Council of Ministers President, ECOWAS Council of Ministers
2000   Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
2000 2000 World Bank Country Office - Senegal Coordinator for Western & Francophone Africa, World Links for Development
1998   UN Office for Project Services Consultant
1998   European Union (EU) Delegation in Senegal Consultant in Technical Assistance to the EU Commission Programme for Third World Countries
1997 1997 UNDP Cote d'Ivoire Consultant - Regional Project 'African Futures '
1995 1997 Human Rights, Democracy, and New Leadership in Africa Executive Director, HDNA
1994   Sud Quotidien Chronicles Editor, Sud-Quotidien
1994 1996 Centre d’Etudes des Sciences et Techniques de l’Information Senior Lecturer, CESTI
1994 1994 Centre d’Etudes des Sciences et Techniques de l’Information Consultant CESTI/ World Health Organisation
1991 1994 The Ohio State University Research Student - PhD, Specialisation in Communication, Telecommunications & International Development
1985 1986 University of Montreal Student - Diploma in Technologies of Communication & Elaboration of Teaching Programmes
1984 1988 Centre d’Etudes des Sciences et Techniques de l’Information Senior Lecturer, CESTI
1984 1985 UNDP Senegal Advisor To the Editors Council of 'Democracie Africaine' (IAD), Magazine funded bu PNUD
1983 1984 University of Paris-Sorbonne Paris IV Postgraduate Student - Postgraduate Diploma in Sociology, Option Communication & Development
1982 1983 Paris VII - Denis Diderot University Graduate Student - Master in Information & Communication Sciences
1981 1982   Certificate In Journalism (Option TV Press)
1980 1984 Tribune Africaine - Newspaper Editor-In-Chief
1979 1981 University of Paris VIII Student - BA in Sociology (Option: Sociology of Development & International Relations)
Date of Birth 16 Sep 1956
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Notes Who is Cheikh Tidiane?
Cheikh Tidiane Gadio has been the senior minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Senegal since Senegal's historic political transition in March of 2000. In October 2002, Gadio negotiated the ceasefire between the government of Ivory Coast and the rebel forces. He steered the Paris meetings that brokered the Marcoussis Accord among the Ivoirian political parties and the rebels. [ Newspaper Washington Post - 04 Mar 2003 - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/liveonline/03/special/world/sp_world_gadio030403.htm ]
Record last updated on 05 DEC 2007