Mamoudou Touré | |
Office: | Minister of the Economy and Finance of Senegal |
Term Start: | May 1983 |
Term End: | April 1988 |
Predecessor: | Ousmane Seck |
Successor: | Serigne Lamine Diop |
President: | Abdou Diouf |
Birth Date: | 2 April 1928 |
Birth Place: | Kaédi, French West Africa |
Death Place: | Dakar, Senegal |
Mamoudou Touré (2 April 1928 – 28 December 2017) was a Senegalese economist, diplomat and politician. He served as Minister of Economy and Finance from May 1983 until April 1988 under former President Abdou Diouf.[1] [2] Under Touré, the government launched a series of agricultural and industrial policies.[2]
Touré was also a former official and economist for the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which he joined in April 1967.[2] He chaired the board of directors of the Senegalese-Tunisian Bank (Banque sénégalo-tunisienne) later in life.[2]
Mamoudou Touré died in Dakar, Senegal, on 28 December 2017, at the age of 89.[2]