An anti-system, the youngest president in the history of the country: what do we know about Bassirou Diomaye Faye, the new strong man of Senegal ?

Bassirou Diomaye Faye. XinHua – Wang Zizheng

L’opposant Bassirou Diomaye Faye a remporté l’élection présidentielle sénégalaise, une victoire officialisée lundi.

Il a promis de lutter contre la corruption, de mieux partager les richesses du pays et de renégocier les contrats miniers, gaziers et pétroliers.

Opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye won the Senegalese presidential election in the first round with 53.7% of the vote, the electoral commission announced on Monday, after counting the votes of some 90%. ;nbsp;% of polling stations.

His main rival, the outgoing coalition candidate, Amadou Ba, credited with 36.2% of the votes, conceded defeat and outgoing President Macky Sall congratulated the anti-system candidate for his victory.< /p>

After sometimes violent demonstrations

Several other candidates, including Anta Babacar Ngom, published press releases to congratulate the winner, a close friend of Ousmane Sonko who, like the latter, was released from prison in March thanks to ;rsquo;an amnesty law wanted by Macky Sall to ease tensions.

In a peaceful climate, after three years of unprecedented political unrest and sometimes violent anti-government demonstrations, several million people went to the polls to elect their fifth president, the youngest in the country. rsquo;history of the country, at 44 years old.

Macky Sall will leave the presidency on April 2

Elected for the first time in 2012, Macky Sall will leave the presidency on April 2.

His second term was marked by great instability in the country, due in particular to the imprisonment of the leader of the opposition, Ousmane Sonko, then to the announcement , at the beginning of February, of the postponement of the presidential election initially scheduled for February 25.

This decision was denounced by the opposition as an "institutional putsch".