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Line 27: \| predecessor3 = [[Mamadou Dia]] {{small\|(1962)}} \| successor3 = [[Habib Thiam]] \| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|~~1935~~1937\|09\|07\|df=y}} \| birth_place = [[Louga]], [[French West Africa]]<br />{{small\|(now [[Senegal]])}} \| death_date = Line 42: == Early life == Diouf was born into the [[Joof family]] in [[Louga]], Senegal, the child of an [[Toucouleur people\|Halpulaar]] mother and a [[Serer people\|~~Serere~~Serer]] father. He attended primary and secondary school at the Lycée Faidherbe in [[Saint-Louis, Senegal\|Saint-Louis]]. He studied law at [[Dakar University]] and then at the [[University of Paris\|Sorbonne]] in [[Paris]]. Diouf graduated in 1959.<ref name="Rake"/> == Political career == Line 81: 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}}</ref> ==Honours and decorations== Line 97: \| [[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~~l'Ordre National ~~“Héros~~"Héros ~~Nationaux”~~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> \|- \| [[File:National Order of the Leopard (DR Congo) - ribbon bar.png\|80px]] \|\| [[DR Congo]] \|\| Grand Cordon of the [[National Order of the Leopard]] Line 167: [[Category:Senegalese Muslims]] [[Category:Senegalese Sunni Muslims]] [[Category:~~Serer~~Prime ~~presidents~~ministers of Senegal]] ~~[[Category:Prime Ministers of Senegal]]~~ [[Category:Socialist Party of Senegal politicians]] [[Category:Secretaries-~~General~~general of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie]] [[Category:People from Louga Region]] [[Category:20th-century Senegalese politicians]] [[Category:Recipients of orders, decorations, and medals of Senegal]] [[Category:20th-century presidents in Africa]] [[Category:Serer politicians]]