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Abdoulaye Wade

b. 1926

3rd President of Senegal

Born
29 May 1926 · Kébémer
Part ofSenegal1753 – today

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Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 115 years
  1. 29 May 1926BornBorn in Kébémer
  2. 2000 – 2012RolePresident of Senegal
  3. 2000AwardHonorary doctorate from University of Bordeaux-IV
  4. 2001 – 2003RoleChairperson of ECOWAS
  5. 2001AwardGold Olympic Order
  6. 2002AwardHonorary doctorate at the université d'Auvergne - Clermont I
  7. 2005AwardFélix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize
  8. 2005AwardHonorary doctor of the Marie and Louis Pasteur University
  9. 2005AwardHonorary doctor of University of Lyon-III
  10. 2006AwardDoctor honoris causa from the Paris-Sorbonne University
  11. 2009AwardGrand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
  12. 2009AwardHonorary doctorate from University of Montpellier-I

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1926 – today).

  1. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  2. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  3. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  4. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  5. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1938Munich Agreement
  7. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  8. 1939 – 1945World War II
  9. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  10. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  11. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  12. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  13. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  14. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  15. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  16. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  18. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  19. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  20. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  21. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  22. 1956Suez Crisis
  23. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  25. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  27. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  29. 1968Prague Spring
  30. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  31. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  32. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  33. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  35. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  36. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  37. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  38. 1985Schengen Agreement
  39. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  40. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall

Biography

Abdoulaye Wade (French pronunciation: [abdulaj wad], Wolof: Abdulaay Wàdd; 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 73, Wade was the oldest person to occupy the post.

A long-time opposition leader, Wade 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.

Text from the Wikipedia article Abdoulaye Wade, CC BY-SA 4.0

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