Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré

Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré (born 24 October 1951 ) was Prime Minister of Senegal from 2007 to 2009 and Chairman of the Commission of the West African Economic and Monetary Union from 2011 to 2016.

Life and career Soumaré was born in Dakar and raised in Thiès.

He entered the government as Minister-Delegate for the Budget and Housing at the Ministry of the Economy and Finance on May 23, 2001. following a parliamentary election on June 3. Soumaré and the new government were sworn in on June 21. On December 3, 2007, Soumaré's government was reduced in size to 28 members.

Following the March 2009 local elections, in which the opposition made broad gains, Soumaré resigned for reasons related to "personal convenience" and Wade appointed Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye, Minister of State for the Maritime Economy, to succeed Soumaré on April 30, 2009.

Later, Soumaré was appointed by the heads of state of the countries comprising the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) as Chairman of the UEMOA Commission on 16 November 2011; he was sworn in on 5 December 2011. After nearly five years in office, he announced his resignation from that post on 29 September 2016, effective on 1 December 2016.