Prime Minister of Senegal

Prime Minister of the Republic of Senegal
Coat of Arms of Senegal
Incumbent Ousmane Sonko since 3 April 2024
Appointer	Bassirou Diomaye Faye, as President of Senegal
Inaugural holder	Mamadou Dia
Formation	18 May 1960

The Prime Minister of Senegal was the head of government of Senegal. The Prime Minister was appointed by the President of Senegal, who is directly elected for a five-year term. The Prime Minister, in turn, appointed the Senegalese cabinet.

On 14 May 2019, the post was removed and no longer active.^[1]

In November 2021, Macky Sall announced the return of the post of prime minister suppressed since 2019.

1. ↑ "Senegal President Sall tells PM to scrap his own post". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2019-04-06.