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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Abdou Diouf
| image = Abdou Diouf.jpg
| caption = Diouf in 2008
| order = 2nd
| office = Secretary General of La Francophonie
| term_start = 1 January 2003
| term_end = 31 December 2014
| predecessor = [[Boutros Boutros-Ghali]]
| successor = [[Michaëlle Jean]]
| office1 = 2nd [[List of Presidents of Senegal|President of Senegal]]
| primeminister1 = [[Habib Thiam]]<br />[[Moustapha Niasse]]<br />[[Habib Thiam]]<br />[[Mamadou Lamine Loum]]
| term_start1 = 1 January 1981
| term_end1 = 1 April 2000
| predecessor1 = [[Léopold Sédar Senghor]]
| successor1 = [[Abdoulaye Wade]]
| office2 = 1st President of [[Senegambia Confederation|Senegambia]]
| term_start2 = 12 December 1981
| term_end2 = 30 September 1989
| vicepresident2 = [[Dawda Jawara]]
| office3 = 2nd [[Prime Minister of Senegal]]
| president3 = [[Léopold Sédar Senghor]]
| term_start3 = 26 February 1970
| term_end3 = 31 December 1980
| predecessor3 = [[Mamadou Dia]] {{small|(1962)}}
| successor3 = [[Habib Thiam]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|
| birth_place = [[Louga]], [[French West Africa]]<br />{{small|(now [[Senegal]])}}
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = [[Socialist Party of Senegal|Socialist Party]]
| spouse = Elizabeth Diouf
| alma_mater = [[Cheikh Anta Diop University|University of Dakar]]<br />[[Pantheon-Sorbonne University]]
| native_name_lang = srr
| native_name = {{nobold|Abdu Juuf}}
}}
'''Abdou Diouf''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=En-us-Abdou Diouf from Senegal pronunciation (Voice of America).ogg|US|ˈ|ɑː|b|d|uː|_|d|i|ˈ|uː|f}} {{respell|AHB|doo|_|dee|OOF}}; [[Serer language|Serer]]: {{lang|srr|Abdu Juuf}}; born 7 September 1935)<ref name=PS>[http://www.partisocialiste.sn/ps_vie/bioabdou.htm Biography at Socialist Party website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221145020/http://www.partisocialiste.sn/ps_vie/bioabdou.htm |date=21 December 2007}} {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> is a Senegalese politician who was the second [[List of Presidents of Senegal|President]] of [[Senegal]], in office from January 1981 to April 2000.
Diouf is notable both for coming to power by peaceful succession
== Early life ==
Diouf was born into the [[Joof family]] in [[Louga]], Senegal, the child of an [[Toucouleur people|Halpulaar]] mother and a [[Serer people|
== Political career ==
After graduation, Diouf returned to Senegal, where, in September 1960, he was appointed Director of International Technical Cooperation. In November 1960, he became assistant
== Presidency ==
In 1970, Senghor reinstated the post of prime minister, giving it to Diouf, his protégé. Senghor trusted Diouf, who had administrative experience but no independent power base
===1983 and 1988 elections===
[[File:Le président du Sénégal Abdou Diouf en 1988.jpg|left|thumb|208x208px|Diouf in 1988]]
Diouf continued the political liberalization Senghor had begun by holding elections in 1983.
In 1985, opposing parties tried to form a coalition. It was broken up
In February
===Senegambia===
Under Diouf, Senegal agreed to form a confederation called [[Sénégambia Confederation|Senegambia]] with neighboring [[Gambia]] on
===Response to AIDS===
In 1986, Diouf began an anti-[[AIDS]] program in Senegal
===1993 and 2000 elections===
[[File:President George H. W. Bush and Barbara Bush host a State Dinner for President Abdou Diouf of Senegal and Elizabeth Diouf.jpg|thumb|200x200px|[[George H. W. Bush|George]] and [[Barbara Bush]] host Abdou and Elizabeth Diouf at the White House, 1991]]
Diouf was reelected in February 1993 with 58% of the vote<ref name=Elections>[http://africanelections.tripod.com/sn.html Elections in Senegal], African Elections Database.</ref> to a 7-year term; presidential term lengths had been extended by two years in 1991.<ref>''Human Rights in Developing Countries Yearbook 1997'', page 276.</ref> In the first round of the 2000 elections, on
==Socialist Party leadership==
Diouf was Deputy Secretary-General of the Socialist Party under Senghor. He became Secretary-General in 1981, and when the party was restructured<ref name=PS/> at its Thirteenth Congress in 1996,<ref name=Bref>[http://www.partisocialiste.sn/ps_vie/enbref.htm Page on the PS at party website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219125157/http://www.partisocialiste.sn/ps_vie/enbref.htm |date=
== International organizations ==
[[File:Abdou Diouf Graduation Speech 02.JPG|thumb|Diouf in 2015]]
After leaving office as President of Senegal, he was unanimously elected as Secretary-General of [[La Francophonie]] at that organization's Ninth Summit on 20 October
Diouf is an Eminent Member of the [[Sergio Vieira de Mello Foundation]].
He is also a member of the [[Jacques Chirac Foundation for Sustainable Development and Cultural Dialogue|Fondation Chirac]]'s honour committee,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.fondationchirac.eu/en/foundation/honour-committee/|title=Honor Committee|work=Fondation Chirac|access-date=2018-01-03|language=en-US}}</ref> ever since the foundation was launched in 2008 by former French president Jacques Chirac in order to promote world peace and on the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats (IMPACT) International Advisory Board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.impact-alliance.org/aboutus/profile-of-IAB-members.html|title=IMPACT- International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats|website=www.impact-alliance.org|access-date=2018-01-03|archive-date=29 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329120358/http://www.impact-alliance.org/aboutus/profile-of-IAB-members.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Additionally, he is one of the 25 leading figures on the Information and Democracy Commission launched by [[Reporters Without Borders]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://rsf.org/en/abdou-diouf| title = Abdou Diouf {{!}} RSF| date = 9 September 2018}}
==Honours and decorations==
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| [[File:SEN Order of the Lion - Grand Cross BAR.
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| [[File:Order of Merit - Grand Cross (Senegal) - ribbon bar.png|80px]] || [[Senegal]] || Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit
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| [[File:National Order Quebec ribbon bar.svg|80px]] || [[Canada]] || Grand officier of the [[National Order of Quebec]]
|-
| [[File:Order of National Hero (Congo).gif|80px]] || [[DR Congo]] || Grand Cordon of the [[Order of the National Heroes Kabila-Lumumba]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=RDC : Cinq choses à savoir sur l'Ordre National "Héros Nationaux" |work=Actualite.cd |date=2019-06-01 |access-date=2023-05-08 |url= https://actualite.cd/2019/06/01/rdc-cinq-choses-savoir-sur-lordre-national-heros-nationaux |language=fr }}</ref>
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| [[File:National Order of the Leopard (DR Congo) - ribbon bar.png|80px]] || [[DR Congo]] || Grand Cordon of the [[National Order of the Leopard]]
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| [[File:Ordre de la Pléiade (Francophonie).gif|80px]] || [[Organisation internationale de la Francophonie]] || Grand Cross of the [[Order of La Pléiade]]
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| [[File:OBE Civil ribbon.svg|80px]] || [[United Kingdom]] ||
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| [[File:Ord.GoodHope-ribbon.gif|80px]] || [[South Africa]] || Grand Cross of the [[Order of Good Hope]]
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| [[File:AUT Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria - 1st Class BAR.
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| [[File:PRT Order of Saint James of the Sword - Grand Cross BAR.
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| [[File:Order of the Pioneers of Liberia - ribbon bar.png|80px]] || [[Libya]] || Grand Cordon of the Order of the Grand Conqueror
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==References==
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