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Thiès

تييس

City in Senegal.

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West Africa & Sahel
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Ousmane Sonko

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Ousmane Sonko

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islam.museum contributors. “Thiès”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/thi-s/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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Ousmane Sonko

Senegalese politician (born 1974) from Thiès, a former tax inspector dismissed after whistleblowing on tax evasion, founder and leader of PASTEF since 2014 and its 2019 presidential candidate; arrested and tried in 2021–2023 and barred from standing, he saw his protégé Bassirou Diomaye Faye win the presidency and appoint him prime minister (2024–2026), before Faye dismissed him and he became president of the National Assembly in May 2026.