This plaque is at the entrance of the departures of the Senegal International Airport.
The plaque reads: "L'Aéroport International Blaise Diagne
A Été Inauguré Le Jeudi 07 Décembre 2017
Par Son Excellence Monsieur Macky Sall,
Président De La République Du Sénégal."
EN:" Blaise Diagne International Airport
Was Inaugurated on Thursday December 7, 2017
By His Excellency Mr. Macky Sall,
President of the Republic of Senegal."
MACKY SALL
"Macky Sall (French pronunciation: ?[maki sal], Wolof: Maki Sàll, Pulaar: ???????? ???????, romanized: Maki Sal; born 11 December 1961) is a Senegalese politician who has been President of Senegal since April 2012. He was re-elected President in the first round voting in February 2019. Under President Abdoulaye Wade, Sall was Prime Minister of Senegal from July 2004 to June 2007 and President of the National Assembly from June 2007 to November 2008. He was the Mayor of Fatick from 2002 to 2008 and held that post again from 2009 to 2012. Sall was a long-time member of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS). After coming into conflict with Wade, he was removed from his post as President of the National Assembly in November 2008; he consequently founded his own party named the Alliance for the Republic (APR) and joined the opposition. Placing second in the first round of the 2012 presidential election, he won the backing of other opposition candidates and prevailed over Wade in the second round of voting, held on 25 March 2012. He is the first president born after Senegalese independence from France"
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AIRPORT:
"Blaise Diagne International Airport (French: Aéroport international Blaise Diagne, IATA: DSS, ICAO: GOBD) is an international airport near the town of Diass in Thiès Region, Senegal, 43 kilometres (27 mi) east of downtown Dakar. It serves as the main airport for Dakar, replacing Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport, which had become too small. It is named after Blaise Diagne, the first black African elected to France's parliament in 1914. Regular flights are operated from it to destinations across many parts of Africa, as well as to Europe, Macaronesia, the Middle East, and the USA."
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