Ousmane Sonko
Dismissed as Prime Minister on 22 May 2026 by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye. Former PM of Senegal (April 2024 – May 2026), president of the PASTEF party. An independent, sourced English-language guide to who he is, the party he built, and the power struggle shaping Senegal.
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- 26 May 2026 Sonko elected Speaker of Senegal's National Assembly
On 26 May 2026, four days after being dismissed as Prime Minister, Ousmane Sonko was elected Speaker of the National Assembly with 132 of 133 votes.
- 25 May 2026 Ahmadou Al Aminou Lô: Senegal's new Prime Minister
Economist and former BCEAO director Ahmadou Al Aminou Lô became Senegal's PM on 25 May 2026, leading a 30-minister technocratic government formed without PASTEF.
- 22 May 2026 Ousmane Sonko dismissed as Prime Minister of Senegal
On 22 May 2026, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye dismissed Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and dissolved the government after months of friction over economic policy.
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- About & methodology
An independent, unofficial reference site about Ousmane Sonko: how this project compiles cited public information, our neutrality policy and how to request corrections.
- Who is Ousmane Sonko? Biography
Biography of Ousmane Sonko, former Prime Minister of Senegal (April 2024 – May 2026) and PASTEF leader: origins, education, tax-inspector career, rise to power.
- Faye vs Sonko: who really runs Senegal?
Inside the Faye–Sonko power balance: the 2024 substitute-candidate strategy, the 2025–2026 rift over party and debt, and where constitutional and political power sit.
- Ousmane Sonko net worth: what is actually known
A widely circulated US$3 million net worth figure for Ousmane Sonko is unverified. Here is what authoritative sources actually confirm — and what they do not.
- Ousmane Sonko's religion and social positions
Ousmane Sonko's religion and his socially conservative positions, presented neutrally and attributed: faith, LGBT rights, Western values and polygamy.
- Ousmane Sonko's wife and children: what is known
What is reliably documented about Ousmane Sonko's wife and children — and what is not. A neutral look at the limited, sometimes contradictory public record.
- PASTEF explained: Sonko's party
What PASTEF is: full name and meaning, founding, ideology, the 2023 dissolution and its reversal, and the landslide 2024 legislative victory under Ousmane Sonko.
- Ousmane Sonko timeline (1974–present)
A concise chronology of Ousmane Sonko's life and career, from his 1974 birth in Thiès to his dismissal as Prime Minister by President Faye on 22 May 2026.