Senegalese Democratic Party

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Senegalese Democratic Party

political party, Senegal

Also known as: PDS, Parti Démocratique Sénégalais

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Abdoulaye Wade
In 1974 Wade founded the Senegalese Democratic Party (Parti Démocratique Sénégalais; PDS) as an opposition party to Pres. Léopold Senghor’s Senegalese Progressive Union (Union Progressiste Sénégalaise; UPS), which was known as the Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste; PS) after 1976. The PDS became the centre of a fledgling opposition movement in…
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In 1974 Wade founded the Senegalese Democratic Party (Parti Démocratique Sénégalais; PDS) as an opposition party to Pres. Léopold Senghor’s Senegalese Progressive Union (Union Progressiste Sénégalaise; UPS), which was known as the Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste; PS) after 1976. The PDS became the centre of a fledgling opposition movement in…
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Macky Sall
Road to the presidency
…appointed deputy secretary-general of Wade’s Senegalese Democratic Party (Parti Démocratique Sénégalais; PDS) and also prime minister—the fourth for Wade in as many years—a position he held until he resigned in June 2007. Soon afterward he was elected president of the National Assembly.
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…appointed deputy secretary-general of Wade’s Senegalese Democratic Party (Parti Démocratique Sénégalais; PDS) and also prime minister—the fourth for Wade in as many years—a position he held until he resigned in June 2007. Soon afterward he was elected president of the National Assembly.
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