Soham El Wardini Explained
Soham El Wardini |
Native Name: | instead.--> |
Office: | Mayor of Dakar (2009–2022) |
Term Start: | September 29, 2018 |
Term End: | January 23, 2022 |
Term Start2: | 2014 |
Term End2: | August 31, 2018 |
Predecessor2: | Position established |
Successor2: | N/A |
Birth Date: | [1] |
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Soham El Wardini (born in 1953) is a Senegalese politician and former mayor of Dakar, Senegal. She is the first woman to be mayor of post-independence Dakar and the first deputy mayor of the city.
Biography
Wardini was born in 1953 in the rural community of Latmingué, Kaolack Region, Senegal.[2] She and her 10 siblings were born to a Senegalese mother and Lebanese father.[3] Following her father's death, her family moved to the city of Kaolack, where she attended high school. She majored in English at Cheikh Anta Diop University (then University of Dakar) and taught at various colleges.[4]
Wardini won the title of Miss Senegal and Miss Senegambia in 1970.[5]
Career
In 1999, Wardini joined the Alliance of the Forces of Progress. Following the split of the AFP in 2012, she joined mayor of Dakar, Khalifa Sall's faction[6] and became his deputy in 2014 – the first and only deputy mayor in the city's history.[7] In March 2017, Khalifa Sall was sentenced to five-years for the embezzlement of in public funds.[8] Wardini was placed as acting mayor until August 2017, when president Macky Sall dismissed Khalifa Sall in a presidential decree.[9]
In September 2018, Wardini ran for mayor of Dakar and was elected with a majority vote in city council with 64 votes.[10] She won over candidates Banda Diop with 13 votes and Moussa Sy with 11 votes.[11] Wardini became the first woman to be mayor of Dakar, post-independence.[12]
On October 8, 2018, the 133rd IOC Session voted unanimously for Dakar to host the 2022 Summer Youth Olympics,[13] the first Olympic games to be hosted in Africa.[14] During the closing ceremony of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, Buenos Aires mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta and IOC president Thomas Bach handed the Olympic flag to Wardini.[15]
Soham El Wardini will not be able to run for the next local election.[16]
Notes and References
- Web site: Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban . Senegal capital gets historic female mayor: Soham El Wardini . Africanews . 9 April 2023 . en . 10 March 2018.
- Web site: Kiunguyu . Kylie . Soham El Wardini is Dakar's first post-independence female mayor . This Is Africa . 15 February 2019 . Dakar . 4 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190218081902/https://thisisafrica.me/soham-el-wardini-dakars-first-female-mayor/. 18 February 2019.
- Web site: El Hadji Ibrahima Thiam . Une Dame De Cœur . Seneplus . 16 February 2019 . fr . 9 January 2015.
- Web site: Seck . Momar Diack . Entrée historique de Soham Wardin à la Mairie de Dakar : Entretien avec Fouad Wardini, son frère, pour le Portrait d'une Sénégalaise, bon teint . Lactuacho . 17 February 2019 . fr-FR . 4 October 2018.
- Web site: Portrait : la Maire de Dakar Soham El Wardini a été 'Miss Sénégal' 1970 . Tract . 17 February 2019 . fr-FR . 3 October 2018.
- Web site: Maillard . Matteo . Qui est Soham El Wardini, première femme maire de Dakar ? . Kassataya . 16 February 2019 . fr . 2 October 2018.
- Web site: Ba . Mehdi . Sénégal : Soham El Wardini, désormais officiellement à la tête de la mairie de Dakar . Jeune Afrique . 16 February 2019 . Dakar . fr-FR . 12 July 2018.
- Web site: Opposition leaders Khalifa Sall and Karim Wade barred from Senegal's presidential race . France 24 . 16 February 2019 . en . 14 January 2019.
- Web site: Liffran . Olivier . Sénégal : Khalifa Sall révoqué par Macky Sall de son mandat de maire de Dakar . Jeune Afrique . 17 February 2019 . Dakar . fr-FR . 31 August 2018.
- Web site: Sané . Youssouf . Mairie de Dakar : Soham El Wardini remplace Khalifa Sall . Seneweb . 17 February 2019 . Dakar . fr . 29 September 2018.
- Web site: Waweru . Nduta . Meet Soham El Wardini, the first female mayor of Senegal's capital since 1960 . Face2Face Africa . 17 February 2019 . Dakar . en . 5 October 2018.
- Web site: PH . Soham El Wardini Becomes the First Female Mayor of Dakar, Senegal . How Africa News . 17 February 2019 . en . 3 October 2018.
- Web site: Le Sénégal organisera les Jeux olympiques de la jeunesse en 2022 . Le Monde . 17 February 2019 . Dakar . fr . 9 October 2018.
- Web site: Gueye . Fatou . JOJ 2022: Le maire Soham Wadini a reçu le drapeau Olympique . SeneNews . 17 February 2019 . Buenos Aires . fr-FR . 19 October 2018.
- Web site: Ciudad de Buenos Aires: Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud: La Fiesta de despedida . Política 3D . 17 February 2019 . Buenos Aires . es-ES . 19 October 2018.
- Web site: Ba . Mehdi . Sénégal : la maire de Dakar, Soham El Wardini, empêchée de se présenter . Jeune Afrique . 27 October 2021 . Dakar . fr-FR . 27 October 2021.