| Name | Madicke Niang |  |
| Surname | Niang | |
| First Names | Madicke | |
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| Country of Birth | Senegal |
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| 2008 | Ministry of Justice | Minister of State for Justice | |
| 2006 | 2008 | Ministry of Mines, Industry & Small and Medium Sized Enterprises | Minister of Industry & Mining |
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| Notes | Degrees -Baccalaureate -Master in Judicial Studies -Professional Lawyer Certificate (Certificat d’aptitude à la profession d’avocat) Positions: -Special Advisor of the President of the Republic of Senegal -Minister of Housing -Minister of Energy & Mining -Director, Board of CARPA -Member of International Federation of Human Rights [ Retrieved on 07 DEC 2007 ] In March 2000, Abdoulaye Wade, a veteran opposition figure, was elected president of Senegal, ending unbroken decades of rule since independence by the socialist party of Leopold Senghor and Abdou Diouf. While the vote marked the re-vitalization of Senegal’s democracy, it would have immediate negative effects on the Habré prosecution, for Habré’s attorney, Madické Niang, was one of Wade’s closest advisors. Indeed, Wade appointed Niang as his special advisor on judicial matters, while allowing Niang to continue his legal practice, including his defense of Habré. On 25 May the Senegalese Bar Association (Conseil de l’ordre des avocats du Sénégal) ruled that Niang could not continue to appear before the courts while serving with Wade. President Wade promptly reappointed Niang as a paid judicial consultant to the government, a subterfuge purporting to allow Niang to both work with Wade and to represent Habré and other clients. [ The Prosecution of Hissène Habré -Reed Brody* (Advocacy Director of Human Rights Watch), PP327-328 - Retrieved on 07 Dec 2007 - http://www.nesl.edu/lawrev/VOL35/2/brody.PDF ] |
| Record last updated on 03 APR 2008 |