2024-03-27 13:53:57
44 years old, youngest president in African history
Senegal’s first democratic regime change in 12 years
In an Africa where coups and hereditary dictatorships are rampant, the youngest president in history was born in Senegal, West Africa, which is considered a ‘model student of democracy’. According to the New York Times (NYT), President-elect Basiro Diomaye Faye (44, photo), who won the first round of the presidential election on the 24th and will be inaugurated in April, is the youngest president ever elected by Senegal, which gained independence from France in 1960, and the youngest elected president in African history. He is the president. He also has a dramatic story of going straight to power 10 days after being released from prison on the 14th.
According to the Associated Press on the 25th, in the first round of the presidential election held on the 24th, President-elect Faye, who ran as the opposition coalition candidate, received 53.7% of the votes based on 90% of the votes counted. He was far ahead of former Prime Minister Ahmadu Ba (36.2%), a member of the current ruling United Party of the Republic (APR). Accordingly, victory was confirmed in the first round without a runoff election, which is held only when no candidate receives a majority of votes.
President-elect Payet held a press conference in the capital Dakar and said, “I will govern humbly and transparently.” Former Prime Minister Barr and current President Macky Sall, who has been in power since 2012, also acknowledged his victory. On this day, crowds of people took to the streets across the country, including Dakar, to welcome his victory.
President-elect Fayet, born in 1980, is receiving even support from the youth with his pledges to eradicate corruption, eliminate inflation, and clean up the remnants of French colonialism. He worked as a tax inspector before entering politics. He initially worked as a close associate of Ousmane Songko, the leading opposition candidate in this presidential election, and ran in his place when Songko was disqualified from running for defamation. Initially, President-elect Faye was also detained along with Songko on charges of insulting the judiciary, but was suddenly released on the 14th, 10 days before the presidential election.
Senegal, a Muslim country with a population of about 17 million, is evaluated as having relatively well-established democracy, unlike neighboring Niger, Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Mali, which have severe political instability.
Reporter Lee Cheong-ah clearlee@donga.com
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