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Abdoulaye Wade is a Senegalese politician who served as the third president of Senegal from 2000 to 2012. He is also the Secretary-General of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS), having led the party since it was founded in 1974. Assuming office at 73, Wade was the oldest person to occupy the post.
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politics · President of Senegal from 2000 to 2012 · politician · lawyer · university teacher · jurist · economist · also Abdoulaye Wade, Wade
Born 29 May 1926 · Q106963
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Published “The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans” in Nature — cited 9,237 times.
Published “The MR-Base platform supports systematic causal inference across the human phenome” in eLife — cited 7,453 times.
Published “GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral” in Physical Review Letters — cited 8,297 times.
Published “Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults” in The Lancet — cited 5,601 times.
Published “Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger” in Physical Review Letters — cited 11,755 times.
Published “<i>Planck</i>2015 results” in Astronomy & Astrophysics — cited 9,894 times.
In which he insulted and falsely accused his successor Macky Sall of being a "descendant of slaves", and that Sall's parents were "cannibals" who "ate babies" and "were chased out of the village" for cannibalism
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Despite being close to his 90th birthday, Wade brushed aside suggestions that he should retire, arguing that no credible younger men had come along to succeed him as head of the PDS and that his parents both lived and wo
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Published “<i>Planck</i> 2013 results. XVI. Cosmological parameters” in Astronomy & Astrophysics — cited 5,045 times.
Election lost: 2012 election for third term.
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Campaign: 2012 election for third term.
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Awarded honorary doctorate from University of Montpellier-I (2009).
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Awarded Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (2009).
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For a "goodbye present" he reportedly gave to a departing IMF official after the two had dinner
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Campaign: 2007 election and second term.
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With a majority in the first round, but was defeated in the second round in 2012 in a controversial bid for a third term
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Awarded doctor honoris causa from the Paris-Sorbonne University (2006).
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Awarded honorary doctor of the Marie and Louis Pasteur University (2005).
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Awarded Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize (2005).
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Awarded honorary doctor of University of Lyon-III (2005).
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Awarded honorary doctorate at the université d'Auvergne - Clermont I (2002).
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Earned Gold Olympic Order (2001).
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Reducing presidential terms to five years following the completion of Wade's seven-year term in 2007
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Career landmark: Chairperson of ECOWAS (2001–2003).
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Election won: 2000 election and first term.
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Awarded honorary doctorate from University of Bordeaux-IV (2000).
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Career landmark: President of Senegal (2000–2012).
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Campaign: 2000 election and first term.
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Wade was elected to the National Assembly, where he served until 1980
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Before he was finally elected in the year 2000
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Due to the introduction of a law permitting the existence of only three parties with three distinct ideologies, two of which were taken by other parties (liberalism was therefore the only remaining option)
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Wade told President Léopold Sédar Senghor that he wanted to start a new party, and Senghor agreed to this
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Born 1926-05-29.
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Although some claim he was born several years earlier, and the record-keeping of the time is not considered particularly reliable
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