Senegal Regierung Profil 2012

Hauptstadt

Name: Dakar
geographische Koordinaten: 14 44 N, 17 38 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

Konstitution

adopted 7 Januar 2001; amended many times

Wahlrecht

18 Jahre; universal

Exekutive

Staatsoberhaupt: Staatspräsident Macky SALL (seit dem 2 April 2012)
Regierungschef: Prime Minister Abdoul MBAYE (seit dem 3 April 2012)
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister in consultation with the president
elections: president elected by popular vote for a seven-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 26 February 2012 with a second round runoff on 25 March 2012; prime minister appointed by the president
election results: Macky SALL elected president; percent of votes in a runoff - Macky SALL 65.8%, Abdoulaye WADE 34.2%