Maïmouna Kane

Maïmouna Kane (13 March 1937 − 1 March 2019) was a Senegalese jurist and politician.

Maïmouna Kane
Born(1937-03-13)13 March 1937
Dakar, Senegal
Died1 March 2019(2019-03-01) (aged 81)
Paris
NationalitySenegalese
OccupationJudge and politician

Biography

Kane was born in Dakar. She was a judge at the Supreme Court of Senegal, and member of the government under president Abdou Diouf.[1] On 15 March, 1978, she was appointed State Secretary to the Prime Minister responsible for the Status of Women. She was appointed alongside Caroline Faye Diop, making them the first women appointed ministers in Senegal.[2] She was promoted to Minister of Social Development by Moustapha Niasse on 5 April 1983,[2] serving until 2 January 1986.[3]

Kane died in Paris on 1 March 2019. [1]

gollark: Apple does have a really good CPU design team, at least.
gollark: Isn't that just survivorship bias?
gollark: I mean, a fridge with a touchscreen on the front so you can browse the web is *not* very useful. A fridge which can automatically track its inventory and remind you to order new things actually might be.
gollark: It'll probably mature eventually, but still.
gollark: It's a shame, too, since all this stuff could have been extremely cool, but ended up proprietary, poorly integrated, insecure and gimmicky.

References

  1. "Nécrologie : Maimouna Kane, première femme ministre tire sa révérence". pressafrik.com (in French). Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  2. "Obituary … The first woman minister in Senegal has passed away". Africazine. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  3. "Gouvernements du Senegal de 1957 à 2007" (PDF). sengenre-ucad.org (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 February 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2019.


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