SENEGAL
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SENEGALKeys events
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1959 (4 April) |
Official
constitution of the Federation of Mali, comprising Senegal and the Sudanese Republic. |
1960 (20 June) |
The
Federation of Mali becomes an independent state with its capital in Dakar. |
1960 (20 August) |
The
Federation of Mali splits. Withdrawal of Senegal. |
1960 (25 August) |
Promulgation
of the Constitution establishing a parliamentary regime. Léopold Sédar Senghor
President of the Republic and Mamadou Dia Prime Minister. |
1962 (11
December) |
Attempted
coup d’état, Mamadou Dia arrested. |
1963 (7 March) |
New
Constitution adopted by referendum, establishing a presidential regime. |
1966 (14 June) |
Merger
of the Union progressiste sénégalaise (UPS), the party in government, and the Parti
du rassemblement africain (PRA), the only legal opposition party. |
1967 (20 June) |
Constitution
revised. |
1968 (25
February) |
Presidential
and general elections. Léopold Sédar Senghor re-elected President of the Republic. |
1968 (May) |
Student
demonstrations. |
1969 (April-June) |
Student
strikes and social unrest. State of emergency proclaimed on 11 June. |
1970 (26
February) |
Revision
of the Constitution. Creation of the post of Prime Minister which is then given to
Abdou Diouf. |
1973 (28 January) |
Re-election
of Léopold Sédar Senghor. |
1973 (4 April) |
Abdou
Diouf retained as Prime Minister. |
1974 (July) |
Formation
of a new party, the Parti démocratique sénégalais (PDS). |
1976 (27/29 Dec.) |
Extraordinary
Congress of the UPS, which becomes the Parti socialiste (PS). |
1978 (26
February) |
Presidential,
general and municipal elections. Léopold Sédar Senghor is re-elected. Victory of the PS.
Abdou Diouf remains Prime Minister. |
1980 (31
December) |
Resignation
of Léopold Sédar Senghor. Abdou Diouf officially becomes the Chief of State. He
appoints Habib Thiam Prime Minister. |
1981 (24 April) |
Return
to an unrestricted multiparty system. |
1981 (31 July) |
The
Senegalese army intervenes in Gambia to support the President overthrown in a coup d’état. |
1982 (1 February) |
The
Confederation of Senegambia comes into force. |
1982 (26
December) |
Demonstration
by supporters of independence in Casamance. |
1983 (27
February) |
Presidential
and general elections. Abdou Diouf elected. The PS wins 109 seats out of the 120
in the National Assembly. Habib Thiam President of the National assembly. |
1983 (29 April) |
Abolition
of the post of Prime Minister. |
1984 (12 April) |
Daouda
Son elected President of the National Assembly to replaced Habib Thiam who had resigned. |
1987 (February) |
Student
unrest. |
1988 (28
February) |
Presidential
and general elections. Re-election of Abdou Diouf.
Opposition demonstrations. The state of emergency is proclaimed and the leader of
the opposition Abdoulaye Wade arrested. |
1989 (April/May) |
Ethnic
border incidents between Senegal and Mauritania. A few days later, pillage of Mauritanian
shops in Dakar. As a reaction, violent demonstrations against the Senegalese in
Nouakchott. Repatriation of émigrés between the two countries. |
1989 (25 August) |
Dissolution
of the Confederation of Senegambia. |
1990 (July/Aug.) |
Clashes
between the army and Casamance separatists. |
1991 (20
November) |
New
electoral code. |
1991 (7 April) |
Post of
Prime Minister re-established and given to Habib Thiam. |
1991 (31 May) |
Ceasefire
agreement between the Senegalese government and the separatists of the Mouvement des
forces démocratiques de Casamance (MFDC). |
1992 (23 April) |
Diplomatic
relations resumed between Senegal and Mauritania. |
1992 (July) -
1993 |
Clashes
and unrest in Casamance. |
1993 (21
February) |
Presidential
election. Re-election of Abdou Diouf (58.4%) ahead of Abdoulaye Wade (32.03%). |
1993 (9 May) |
General
elections. The PS wins 84 seats out of 120. |
1993 (15 May) |
Assassination
of Babacar Seye, Vice President of the Constitutional Council. |
1993 (8 July) |
New
ceasefire agreement between the government and Casamance separatists. |
1994 (20 January) |
Law
granting the President full powers in economic matters after the devaluation of the CFA
Franc. |
1995 |
Unrest
in Casamance. |
1995 (October) |
Army
offensive in Lower-Casamance. |
1996 (8 January) |
Opening
of the first negotiations between Casamance independence fighters and the representatives
of the National Peace Commission. |
1996 (1 February) |
Laws on
regionalisation passed. |
1996 (24-29 Nov.) |
Regional
and municipal elections. Wide victory of the ruling Parti socialiste. |
1997 (March) |
New
clashes in the south of Casamance. |
1998 (24 May) |
General
elections. The Parti socialiste wins an absolute majority (93 seats out of 140). |
1998 (June) |
Senegalese
troops intervene in Guinea-Bissau to quash the mutiny there. |
1999 (26
December) |
Ceasefire
agreement in Casamance signed at the peace negotiations in Banjul between the Senegalese
government and the Mouvement des forces démocratiques de Casamance (MFDC). |
2000 (27 Feb-19
Mar) |
Presidential
election. Abdoulaye Wade of the Parti démocratique sénégalais (PDS) elected in
the second round with 58.5% of the votes. |
2000 (29 May) |
The
government decides not to withdraw 2,400 soldiers from Casamance. |
2001 (7 January) |
Referendum
on the project to reform the Constitution. Accepted with more than 90% of the votes. |
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Update
currently in preparation. |
Sources used |
Afrique contemporaine, quarterly review (La
Documentation Française) AFP
Afrique: daily news bulletin from Africa –Agence France Presse Press
Files from the CEAN Document Centre. |
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