The President

Born in January 1965 in Orkadiéré, Abdou Karim Sall is a Senegalese telecommunications engineer and statesman. After higher education in telecommunications in Tunis, he began his career in teaching before joining the telecommunications sector, notably at SONATEL, where he worked from 1997 to 2013.

He continued his career in sector regulation by joining the Telecommunications and Postal Regulatory Authority (ARTP), becoming its Director General in 2014. In April 2019, he was appointed Minister of the Environment and Sustainable Development. His commitment continued at the local and national level: he was elected mayor of Mbao in 2022, then became a member of Senegal's National Assembly.