Before becoming the president of Senegal in April 2024, Bassirou Diomaye Faye worked as a tax inspector. Faye had earned a master’s degree in law from University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar, and he later trained as a tax inspector at the National School of Administration of Senegal in Dakar. He joined the Autonomous Union of Tax and Domain Agents, led by Ousmane Sonko, and later became a member of Sonko’s political party, African Patriots of Senegal for Labor, Ethics and Fraternity (PASTEF), rising to the executive leadership level.
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