Moustapha Niasse

Moustapha Niasse (born 4 November 1939) is a Senegalese politician and diplomat who served as the President of the National Assembly of Senegal from 2012 to 2022. He served in the government of Senegal as Foreign Minister from 1978 to 1984 and again from 1993 to 1998. He was Prime Minister of Senegal for a few weeks in 1983, and he held that position again from 2000 to 2001.

== Early life and education ==

Niasse was born in Keur Madiabel, Senegal. He graduated from Cheikh Anta Diop University and University of Paris.

== Political career ==

He was director of the Presidential Cabinet from 1970 to 1979. In March 1979, he became Minister of Town Planning, Housing and Environment, serving in that position until September 1979, when he became Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was promoted to the rank of Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in January 1981 and served in that position until April 1984. He briefly served as prime minister for a month in April 1983 prior to the abolition of that position. Niasse served as Minister of Foreign Affairs for the second time from June 1993 to July 1998. He then became Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in the Great Lakes...