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**Abdoulaye Wade - Senegal**
born May 29, 1926 (84.) third president of Senegal, in office since 2000 is the secretary - general of the Senegalese democratic party (led since 1978) I have a Ph.D in law and economics, was educated in Senegal and France I was a professor and later the dean of law and economics when I returned to Senegal at the University of Dakar I am Muslim

__Geography__ - Western Africa 14 00 N, 14 00 W (about the size of South Dakota) - border countries: The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania - weather is tropical; hot and humid with strong winds - generally low terrains - natural resources of fish, phosphates, iron ore - Gambia and Cassamance River are they main rivers __Economy__ - legal system is based on the french civil law system - our currency is CFA Franc - unemployment rate is 48% (2007) - population below the poverty line is 54% (2001) - debt in 2009 is $2.763 billion, debt in 2008 is $2.627 billion __Population__ - population of about 14 million - birth rates: 36.84 births/1,000 population (2010) - death rates: 9.75 deaths/1,000 population (2010) - HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate: 1% (2007)  - considered one of the worlds success story in HIV/AID prevention __Social Structure__ - main ethnic group: Wolof 43.3%, Pular 23.8%, Serer 14.7% - urban population: 42% of total population (2008) - infant mortality rate: 58.94 deaths/1,000 live births - life expectancy: 59 years for the total population - male: 65.7 deaths/1,000 live births - female: 51.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2010)

__Reference__ - George W. Bush - we have supported the United States with the U.N. and the U.S.has helped us with economic and technical assistance - Nicolas Sarkozy - we have had close relations with France and have been friendly, we negotiate and compromise - Amadou Toumani Touré - we share tourists from Mali because of the train system, and Mali is a bordering country

__Safety and Rule of Law__ - I have had a life long pursuit of liberal democracy - spent most of my life campaigning against the one-party rule __Participation and Human Rights__ - volunteer with the Human Rights project - assist at the African assembly for the Defense of Human Rights where we follow the rule of law - provision of education and the reduction of poverty __Sustainable Economic Opportunity__ - sustained economic growth __Human Development__ - progress towards building a modern society based on a liberal agenda - improving living conditions

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