Aida Mbodj
Aïda Mbodj | |
|---|---|
 Aïda Mbodj in 2006 | |
| Minister of State, the Family and Women's Organizations, Vice-President of the National Assembly of Senegal | |
| Assumed office May 2011 | |
| Succeeded by | Awa Ndiaye |
| Assumed office April 21, 2004 to June 19, 2007 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 1955 (age 71) |
| Party | Parti Démocratique Sénégalais |
| Occupation | Deputy |
Aïda Mbodj is a Senegalese politician, a Deputy and a Cabinet Minister, as well as Vice-President of the National Assembly of Senegal.
Biography
[edit]During the first government of Macky Sall (from April 21, 2014 to November 23, 2016), she was Minister of Women, the Family and Social Development. She also held a cabinet post during the second government of Macky Sall (from November 23, 2016 to June 19, 2017), this time with a larger cabinet portfolio, as Minister of Women, the Family, Social Development and Women's Entrepreneurship.
To the disappointment of her supporters,[1] she was not kept on in the government of Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré who named Awa Ndiaye to the post in June 2007.
Mbodj made her political comeback in 2011, recently[when?] being named to the cabinet of current President Abdoulaye Wade's government as Minister of State, the Family and Women's Organizations. She was a supporter of efforts by Abdoulaye Wade to amend the Constitution to enable to continue in office for another term.[2] Large protests organized by both supporters and opponents of Wade took place during the Summer of 2011[citation needed].
References
[edit]- ↑ « Son nom figurait sur la liste de Hadjibou Soumaré. Pourquoi Aïda Mbodj a été recalée », article Walf Fadjri, 22 juin 2007 sur Rewmi.com www3.rewmi.com Archived 2007-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Aida Mbodj propose à Pape Diouf de taire les divergences et de revenir aux côtés de Me Abdoulaye Wade". Xibar.net. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
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