Habib Thiam | |
Order: | 3rd |
Office: | Prime Minister of Senegal |
Term Start: | 8 April 1991 |
Term End: | 3 July 1998 |
Predecessor: | Post abolished |
Successor: | Mamadou Lamine Loum |
Term Start2: | 1 January 1981 |
Term End2: | 3 April 1983 |
Predecessor2: | Abdou Diouf |
Successor2: | Moustapha Niasse |
Birth Date: | 21 January 1933 |
Birth Place: | Dakar, Senegal |
Death Place: | Dakar, Senegal |
Party: | Socialist Party |
Spouse: | Anne Majken née Hessner |
Habib Thiam (21 January 1933 – 26 June 2017)[1] 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.[2]
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.