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Portrait of Habib Thiam
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Prime Minister · Senegal

Habib Thiam

1 recorded engagement, 1995: 1 visit.

1Engagements
1Visits
0Phone calls
0Video conferences
0Signed agreements
1Destination countries
1Multilateral summits
1995Years in LEAD

Biography

Senegalese politician (1933–2017)

Habib Thiam (21 January 1933 – 26 June 2017) was a Senegalese politician. He served as Prime Minister of Senegal on two occasions, from 1 January 1981 to 3 April 1983, and again from 8 April 1991 until 3 July 1998.

He also served as President of the National Assembly from 1983 to 1984.

== Family ==

He was married to Anne Majken née Hessner, a native of Denmark and former member of the Danish parliament for the Social Democratic Party. They had two daughters.

== References ==

== External links ==

National Assembly profile (in French)

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Where they travelled

Senegal   Visited or called (darker = more often)

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America1

Discussion topics

  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs1
  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations1

Every recorded engagement

DateTypeDestinationAgreements
1995-10-24Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York

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 [Habib Thiam leader profile. Accessed 26 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/leaders/habib-thiam.html]