Senegal's new president, Bassiro Doumaye Fay, has appointed a “split” government.

The Executive is made up of a handful of executives from the President's party with many newcomers at this level.

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Senegal's new president, Bassirou Diomaye Fay, was sworn in on April 2, 2024 in Dakar.  (CEM OZDEL/ANADOLU/AFP)

The new Senegalese president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, appointed a government on Friday April 5, mostly new to the public and new to the ministerial level. “Government installed on April 5, 2024 is a divided government”Prime Minister Usman Sonko announced.

The government announced to reporters at the Presidential Palace that it will include 25 ministers, including four women, for Foreign Affairs, Fisheries, Family and Youth and Culture. This includes five secretaries of state, all men. “It is a government that embodies the plan, which was praised by the Senegalese people with 54.28% of the votes in the first round of elections on March 24” According to Usman Sonko, Bassiro Diomaye Fayol.

The list includes the names of some executives from the party of President and Prime Minister Bastide, which in recent years has been at the forefront of the conflict with the former power formed by former head of state Macky Sall. A large majority will find executive functions, as in Pasiro Diomae Fay.

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