Mamadou Moustapha Ba | |
Birth Date: | 1965 8, df=y |
Birth Place: | Nioro du Rip, Senegal |
Nationality: | Senegalese |
Education: | University of Antwerp |
Party: | APR |
Office: | Minister of the Economy and Finance |
Term Start: | 17 September 2022 |
Term End: | 6 March 2024 |
Successor: | Cheikh Diba |
Mamadou Moustapha Ba (6 August 1965 – 4 November 2024) was a Senegalese politician of the Alliance for the Republic (APR).[1] He served as Minister of the Economy and Finance in the first and second governments of Prime Minister Amadou Ba.
Born in Nioro du Rip on 6 August 1965, Ba attended secondary school at the Prytanée militaire de Saint-Louis in Dakar. He then studied at the and the University of Antwerp. In 1992, he began working for the Ministry of the Economy and Finance.[2] On 17 September 2022, he was named executive of the ministry, replacing .[3]
Ba died following a short illness on 4 November 2024, at the age of 59.[4] the Senegalese justice system ordered the postponement of his burial, citing a suspicious death. Ba death certificate was issued in France, having died in France.[5]