DAKAR, Sept 10 (NNN-XINHUA) — Senegal’s Prime Minister Amadou Ba was designated Saturday as the ruling Benno Bokk Yakaar (BBY) coalition’s candidate for next year’s presidential election.
The candidacy was announced during a meeting of leaders of the BBY coalition.
The coalition is led by President Macky Sall’s Alliance for the Republic party.
Elected president of Senegal in 2012 and re-elected in 2019, Sall announced in July his decision not to seek a third term.
Ba, 62, had served as minister of economy and finance and minister of foreign affairs before being appointed prime minister in 2022. — NNN-XINHUA
