Abdoulaye Wade

1926 -

Country of citizenship: Senegal

Languages spoken, written or signed: French

Educated at: Lycée Condorcet, University of Franche-Comté

Award received: Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize, Grand Cross of the National Order of the Lion, Order of Merit of Senegal, honorary doctorate at the université d'Auvergne - Clermont I, Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland, honorary doctorate from University of Bordeaux-IV, doctorat honoris causa de l'université Lyon-III, doctor honoris causa from the University of Franche-Comté, Honorary doctor of the Paris-Sorbonne University

Position held: President of Senegal

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Abdoulaye Wade (French pronunciation: [abdulaj wad]; born 29 May 1926) is a Senegalese politician who served as the third president of Senegal from 2000 to 2012. He is also the Secretary-General of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS), having led the party since it was founded in 1974. Assuming office at 74, Wade was the oldest person to occupy the post. A long-time opposition leader, he ran for president four times, beginning in 1978, before he was finally elected in the year 2000. He won re-election in 2007 with a majority in the first round, but was defeated in the second round in 2012 in a controversial bid for a third term. Wade also holds French citizenship. Source: Wikipedia (en)