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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]]
| 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|19371935|09|07|df=y}}
| 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]]
}}
'''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 19371935)<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 1981 to 2000.
 
Diouf is notable both for coming to power by peaceful succession, and leaving willingly after losing the [[2000 Senegalese presidential election|2000 presidential election]] to [[Abdoulaye Wade]]. He was also the [[Organisation internationale de la Francophonie#Executive Secretariat (Secretaries-General)|second Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie]] from January 2003 to December 2014.