President Macky Sall of the Republic of Senegal turns 58 today. Born on December 11, 1961, he has been serving as President since April 2012 and was re-elected in the first round voting in February 2019. He has had a seemingly impressive political career with high profile government postings.
Prior to becoming President, he had served as Mayor of Fatick, the town where he was born from 2009-2012, before which he was Prime Minister of the Republic of Senegal from 2004-2007. President Sall is married to Marième Faye and they have two sons and one daughter. Sall is also a geologist.
