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(FILES) Senegal Minister of Economy, Finance and Planning Amadou Ba speaks during a summit on human capital and investment in children for growth and productivity at the World Bank during the 2016 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund Headquarters and the World Bank Group October 6, 2016 in Washington, DC. Senegalese President Macky Sall on September 9, 2023 announced his Prime Minister Amadou Ba as the ruling party candidate for 2024 presidentials. (Photo by ZACH GIBSON / AFP)
DAKAR - Senegal's President Macky Sall on Saturday named Prime Minister Amadou Ba as the presidential candidate for the ruling Benno Bokk Yakaar (BBY) coalition.
Ba, a former economy minister who had also held the position of foreign minister, is a 62-year old taxation specialist who was appointed prime minister in September last year.
Sall ruled out running for a third term in July after violent unrest in the West African country, throwing wide open the race to succeed him.
Members of the BBY coalition, seeking to avoid protracted primaries just a few months before the deadline to submit candidates, had given Sall the green light to name a candidate.
(Reporting by Diadie Ba and Ngouda Dione Writing by Bate Felix; Editing by Alexander Smith)
