Bassirou Diomaye Faye, 44, sworn in as fifth and youngest president of Senegal since independence in 1960. Faye is a practicing Muslim, married to two women – he is the first polygamous Senegalese president – and has four children.
He succeeds Macky Sall, 62, who led the country of 18 million inhabitants for 12 years and maintained strong relations with the West and France. The transfer of power between Sall and Faye will take place in the afternoon at the presidential palace in Dakar.