Following the provisional result of the 2024 Senegal presidential elections on Sunday and after a conceding call from former Senegalese prime minister, Amadou Ba, 44-year-old Bassirou Diomaye Faye is set to be the next president of Senegal.
The presidential elections held on Sunday, March 24, saw Faye leading in the polls against seventeen contenders, including prominent figures like Amadou Ba (age 62), a former minister of economy and finance and then foreign affairs, and also the Sall’s preferred successor, Idrissa Seck (age 64), a former prime minister and a 4-time presidential candidate and Khalifa Sall (age 68), the leader of the Taxawu Senegal coalition.
