Senegal Regierung Profil 2008

Hauptstadt

Name: Dakar
geographische Koordinaten: 14 40 N, 17 26 W
Zeitunterschied: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Unabhängigkeit

4 April 1960 (from France); note - complete independence achieved upon dissolution of federation with Mali on 20 August 1960

Nationalfeiertag

Unabhängigkeit, 4 April (1960)

Konstitution

adopted 7 Januar 2001

Wahlrecht

18 Jahre; universal

Exekutive

Staatsoberhaupt: Staatspräsident Abdoulaye WADE (seit dem 1 April 2000)
Regierungschef: Prime Minister Cheikh Hadjibou SOUMARE (seit dem 19 June 2007)
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister in consultation with the president
elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term) under new constitution; election last held on 25 February 2007 (next to be held in 2012); prime minister appointed by the president
election results: Abdoulaye WADE reelected president in the first round of voting; percent of vote - Abdoulaye WADE 55.9%, Idrissa SECK 14.9%, Ousmane Tanor DIENG 13.6%, Moustapha NIASSE 5.9%, other 9.7%