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Ousmane Sonko | |
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 Sonko in 2024 | |
| 16th Prime Minister of Senegal | |
| Assumed office 3 April 2024 | |
| President | Bassirou Diomaye Faye |
| Preceded by | Sidiki Kaba |
| Leader of PASTEF | |
| Assumed office January 2014 | |
| General Secretary | Bassirou Diomaye Faye |
| Preceded by | Party established |
| Mayor of Ziguinchor | |
| In office 10 February 2022 – 6 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Abdoulaye Baldé |
| Succeeded by | Djibril Sonko |
| Member of the National Assembly of Senegal | |
| In office 14 September 2017 – 12 September 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 July 1974 Thiès, Senegal |
| Political party | PASTEF (2014—present) |
| Children | 6 |
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| Alma mater | Gaston Berger University |
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Ousmane Sonko (Wolof: Usmaan Sonko; born 15 July 1974) is a Senegalese politician and former tax official who is serving as the 16th prime minister of Senegal since 2024, and as the leader of PASTEF since the party's foundation in January 2014.
Sonko was the PASTEF candidate in the 2019 presidential election, ultimately placing third. A major figure in the Senegalese opposition against former president Macky Sall, his arrest and subsequent investigation by authorities in 2019 following sexual assault accusations triggered mass protests and rioting across Senegal. In June 2023, he was sentenced to two years in prison, and in July 2023, PASTEF was dissolved by the Senegalese government. In 2024, he was appointed prime minister after his protégé, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, won the 2024 presidential election.