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Bassirou Diomaye Faye
President of Senegal (since 2024)
From a prison cell to the presidency in ten days.
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How we score →Governance deliveryNo data
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Rule of law & corruptionNo data
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Constitutional conduct & exit
4.2 / 5 provisional — in office
✓ Democratic legitimacy✓ Constitutional conduct· Peaceful exit± Development & rights
Won a clean 2024 election from the opposition — a landmark transfer; conduct so far constitutional.
Rows 1–4: country-level change during the tenure — evidence, not proof.
Our read
The 2024 transfer that produced him is the best conduct data Senegal has generated in a decade. The rest of his score is still being written.
The rise
A little-known tax inspector and opposition figure, Faye was released from prison days before winning Senegal's 2024 election, becoming Africa's youngest elected president.
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