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President · Senegal

Abdou Diouf

55 recorded engagements, 1990–2000: 55 visits and 3 signed agreements.

Open in the interactive map Senegal country profile
55Engagements
55Visits
0Phone calls
0Video conferences
3Signed agreements
29Destination countries
24Multilateral summits
1990–2000Years in LEAD

Biography

President of Senegal from 1981 to 2000

Abdou Diouf (US: AHB-doo dee-OOF; Serer: Abdu Juuf; born 7 September 1935) is a Senegalese politician who was the second president of Senegal from 1981 to 2000.

Diouf is notable both for coming to power by peaceful succession and leaving willingly after losing the 2000 presidential election to long-time opposition-leader Abdoulaye Wade. He was also the second Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie from January 2003 to December 2014.

== Early life ==

Diouf was born into the Joof family in Louga, Senegal, the child of an Helpulaar mother and a Serer father. He attended primary and secondary school at the Lycée Faidherbe in Saint-Louis. He studied law at Dakar University and then at the Sorbonne in Paris. Diouf graduated in 1959.

== Political career ==

After graduation, Diouf returned to Senegal, where, in September 1960, he was appointed Director of International Technical Cooperation. In November 1960, he became assistant to the Secretary-General of the Government; in June 1961, he became Secretary-General of the Ministry of Defense. In 1961 he joined the Senegalese Progressive Union (Union Progressiste Sénégalaise, UPS), which later became the Socialist...

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Where they travelled

Senegal   Visited or called (darker = more often)

Most-visited countries

  • France14
  • United States of America5
  • Ivory Coast4
  • Morocco3
  • Egypt2
  • Canada2
  • Gabon2
  • Togo2
  • Malaysia1
  • Philippines1
  • Switzerland1
  • Brazil1

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations55
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs24
  • Education and Culture4
  • Trade and Economic Relations3

Activity by year

1990: 6 engagements1991: 3 engagements1992: 5 engagements1993: 1 engagement1994: 4 engagements1995: 3 engagements1996: 8 engagements1997: 10 engagements1998: 5 engagements1999: 9 engagements2000: 1 engagement199019952000

Signed agreements

Where the agreement's title was not recorded, its type or category is shown, as coded in the dataset.

DatePartnerWhat was signed
1990-09-29United States of AmericaHigh-level politics
1997-07-24ZimbabweEconomics
1997-07-27GabonFunctional cooperation

Every recorded engagement

DateTypeDestinationAgreements
1990-05-14VisitUnited States of America · Washington
1990-06-01 – 1990-06-03Visit SummitMalaysia · Kuala Lumpur
1990-06-03 – 1990-06-06VisitPhilippines · Manila
1990-06-20 – 1990-06-21Visit SummitFrance · La Baule
1990-09-29 – 1990-09-30Visit SummitUnited States of America · WashingtonAgreement signedHigh-level politics
1990-12-03 – 1990-12-05VisitFrance · Paris
1991-04-17 – 1991-04-18Visit SummitIvory Coast · Abidjan
1991-09-09 – 1991-09-12VisitUnited States of America · Washington
1991-11-19 – 1991-11-21Visit SummitFrance · Paris
1992-02-02 – 1992-02-03VisitFrance · Paris
1992-04-06Visit SummitSwitzerland · Geneva
1992-06-13 – 1992-06-14Visit SummitBrazil · Brasília
1992-07-31VisitFrance · Paris
1992-09-15 – 1992-09-16Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
1993-06-28 – 1993-06-30Visit SummitEgypt · Cairo
1994-02-07VisitIvory Coast · Abidjan
1994-05-21 – 1994-05-23VisitUnited States of America · Washington
1994-11-08 – 1994-11-09Visit SummitFrance · Biarritz
1994-12-14 – 1994-12-15Visit SummitMorocco · Rabat
1995-05-08VisitFrance · Paris
1995-12-02 – 1995-12-04Visit SummitBenin · Cotonou
1995-12-30VisitIvory Coast · Abidjan
1996-01-20 – 1996-01-21VisitGambia · Banjul
1996-05-03 – 1996-05-04VisitCanada · Ottawa
1996-06-06 – 1996-06-07VisitFrance · Paris
1996-07-08 – 1996-07-10Visit SummitCameroon · Yaoundé
1996-07-22 – 1996-07-26VisitTaiwan · Taipei
1996-07-29 – 1996-07-31VisitSouth Africa · Pretoria
1996-10-18VisitFrance · Paris
1996-12-04 – 1996-12-06Visit SummitBurkina Faso · Ouagadougou
1997-02-15 – 1997-02-16VisitUnited Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi
1997-02-17 – 1997-02-19VisitIndia · New Delhi
1997-02-19 – 1997-02-22VisitQatar · Doha
1997-03-21 – 1997-03-24VisitFrance · Paris
1997-06-25VisitFrance · Paris
1997-07-24 – 1997-07-25Visit SummitZimbabwe · HarareAgreement signedEconomics
1997-07-27VisitGabon · LibrevilleAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
1997-08-11 – 1997-08-14VisitIvory Coast · Abidjan
1997-11-14 – 1997-11-16Visit SummitVietnam · Hanoi
1997-12-17 – 1997-12-18Visit SummitTogo · Lomé
Show all 55 engagements
DateTypeDestinationAgreements
1998-02-14 – 1998-02-15VisitSaudi Arabia · Riyadh
1998-05-13 – 1998-05-14Visit SummitEgypt · Cairo
1998-07-06 – 1998-07-08VisitLibya · Tripoli
1998-10-21 – 1998-10-23VisitFrance · Paris
1998-11-26 – 1998-11-28Visit SummitFrance · Paris
1999-01-29VisitGuinea · Conakry
1999-02-11 – 1999-02-12Visit SummitJamaica · Kingston
1999-04-23 – 1999-04-28VisitMorocco · Rabat
1999-07-11 – 1999-07-14Visit SummitAlgeria · Algiers
1999-07-25VisitMorocco · Rabat
1999-09-03 – 1999-09-05Visit SummitCanada · Moncton
1999-09-23VisitItaly · Rome
1999-09-24VisitFrance · Paris
1999-12-08 – 1999-12-09Visit SummitTogo · Lomé
2000-01-19 – 2000-01-21Visit SummitGabon · Libreville

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22898778 [Abdou Diouf leader profile. Accessed 26 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/leaders/abdou-diouf.html]