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	Idrissa Seck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Idrissa Seck (born August 9, 1959) was the Prime Minister of Senegal from November 4, 2002 until April 21, 2004, when he was dismissed by President Abdoulaye Wade.
		He was the President's campaign manager, second in command in the Senegalese Democratic Party, and mayor of Thiès, his home town.
		President Wade feels that Seck betrayed him, and he is currently in prison awaiting trial for alleged corruption in connection with construction projects in Thiès.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Idrissa_Seck (147 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Africa \| Senegal's premier party hack
		The appointment of Idrissa Seck as prime minister offers a strong reminder, if any were needed, that it is the Senegalese Democratic Party, the PDS, which is now by far the dominant political force in the country.
		A father of four at 43, Idrissa Seck is still a youngster when compared to many of the leading figures in Senegalese politics, but he does not waste time flattering his foes even if they are his seniors.
		Idrissa Seck talked of the Joola shipwreck and Senegal's World Cup performance being the two major events of the year, with lessons to be learned from both.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/2441907.stm (625 words)

	Former prime minister charged with endangering state security (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Seck, who served as Wade's prime minister from November 2002 until April 2004, was formally charged on Saturday after spending a week in police detention.
		Seck has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and his defence team told IRIN that the charges against him were politically motivated.
		Diallo, Seck's chief defence lawyer, pointed out that ironically the president was bringing charges against Seck under four articles of the legal code which he had earlier vowed to abolish.
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=48285 (895 words)

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		Supporters gathered at the prison where Idrissa Seck was remanded in custody shortly after being charged to say he has been wrongly accused by the government in an attempt by President Abdoulaye Wade to neutralise a key political rival.
		Police in Senegal are holding former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck on suspicion of threatening the security of the state, his lawyer and a state prosecutor said on July 16.
		Seck, seen as a rival of President Abdoulaye Wade within the ruling PDS party after the two fell out last year, was taken in for questioning on July 15 over accusations that he squandered government funds in his stronghold of Thies.
	www.securisk.com /alerts/alertdisplay2.asp?Country=SENEGAL (4312 words)

	Is Senegal's "model democracy" tarnished? (Politics by Police) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Senegal's former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck has been charged with undermining state security in a case which raises many questions about the independence of the judiciary in what is seen as one of Africa's model democracies.
		Yet when Mr Seck was appointed, he told the media that he knew the president so well that he did not even need directions to "transform Wade's vision" into concrete acts, claiming to be an embodiment of the president's vision.
		Mr Seck's transfer to prison angered his supporters Mr Ngom was for years considered as a potential heir to Mr Wade, 79, before being expelled and setting up his own party, because he did not accept being sidelined by Mr Seck.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1450639/posts (876 words)

	Former Senegal PM faces criminal charge:- - News - Webindia123.com
		But opposition leaders say that the case against Idrissa Seck is political and plan to ask the constitutional court to overturn the action, the Integrated Regional Information Network reports.
		Seck served as prime minister from 2002 to 2004 when he and President Abdoulay Wade had a falling out.
		Seck allegedly spent $84 million on public works in the city of Thies, where he serves as mayor, when the budget was $45 million.
	news.webindia123.com /news/showdetails.asp?id=105046&cat=World (122 words)

	A Whiff of Repression in Senegal
		Senegal's former prime minister, Idrissa Seck, was arrested Friday on suspicion of embezzling more than $45 million from a building project in the city of Thies, where he is the mayor.
		Seck's arrest is still the main subject of conversation in Senegal, with some calling for popular demonstrations to push for his release.
		Seck, who had remained largely silent since he was fired as prime minister, announced last week that, if he were not appointed head of the ruling Senegal Democratic Party, he planned to head a new party in general elections set for next year.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1445913/posts (592 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The PDS was shaken by the arrest in July of former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck, seen as a rival to Wade for the presidency.
		Seck, in prison since July, was under investigation over allegations that he misappropriated state funds as mayor of Thies, east of Dakar.
		Seck emerged as a rival to Wade for control of the PDS after the former friends quarrelled last year.
	today.reuters.com /News/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=L08205596 (763 words)

	SENEGAL: Political tension flares between president, ex-premier - OCHA IRIN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Seck, 46, is deputy leader of Wade’s ruling Democratic Party of Senegal (PDS) and served as Prime Minister from November 2002 until he fell out with the president in April 2004.
		Seck refuted the implication that he had embezzled money from the project, but said he was not afraid of doing time in prison.
		Following their walkout, Seck’s home was attacked and a pro-PDS student leader was knifed in incidents of political violence that are relatively rare in Senegal.
	www.irinnews.org /wwdreport.asp?ReportID=48157&SelectRegion=West_Africa (680 words)

	The Sacramento Observer - Online Edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		DAKAR, Senegal (GIN) - Idrissa Seck, one of President Abdoulaye Wade’s closest aides, was named Senegal’s new prime minister after his predecessor - the first woman to hold the post - was dismissed in the wake of a ferry disaster that killed 1,200.
		Seck replaces Mame Madior Boye who was relieved of her duties along with the rest of the government in a move the media suggested was linked to the sinking of the ferry Joola in September, one of the world’s worst maritime catastrophes.
		In a brief statement to reporters, Seck said he was determined to work “for the benefit of all Senegalese people” and fulfill Wade’s vision for the west African country.
	www.sacobserver.com /news/111402/abdoulaye_wade.htm (398 words)

	Former Senegal Prime Minister Intends to Fight Security Charges
		Seck was fired from his prime minister job in 2004 over allegations of rivalry with the president.
		Seck's transfer to Dakar central prison after he was charged Saturday sparked clashes between Mr.
		Seck of spending more than 80-million dollars on a road-building program in Theis, when only about half the amount was budgeted.
	www.voanews.com /english/2005-07-26-voa64.cfm (443 words)

	Issue 6 - Newsletters
		Idrissa Seck, former Prime Minister of Senegal, was questioned by police on Friday 15 July after allegations of fraud.
		Seck is deputy leader of ruling Democratic Party of Senegal, and served as Prime Minister from November 2002 until April 2004.
		However Seck reiterated his pledge never to compete for presidential office against Wade, who has not yet clearly stated whether or not he will seek a second term.
	www.liberal-international.org /newsletter.asp?ia_id=1189 (218 words)

	West Africa - How dangerous it is to aspire to the presidency, even in democratic states
		President Wade does not appreciate it one bit and found it unacceptable that a "boy" he considered his "spiritual son" would dream of challenging him for the legislative and presidential elections in 2006 and 2007 respectively.
		Naturally and in line with absurdities in African politics, Idrissa Seck has been determined by President Wade to pose grave risk to the security of Senegal and needs to be incarcerated.
		All of a sudden, Seck is also accused of embezzling 46 billion CFA from construction work in Thiès where he has been mayor.
	www.tchadnews.info /west_africa.htm (362 words)

	Senegal News
		Idrissa Seck was seen as favourite to succeed President Wade Senegal's former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck, who is accused of corruption, has been freed after six months in jail.
		Massaer Niang had been praying he would be caught when Spanish border guards dragged him, struggling for breath, out of the rough waters off North Africa.
		Dakar - Senegal's former prime minister Idrissa Seck, who was imprisoned in July on corruption charges, was freed from jail on Tuesday.
	www.topix.net /world/senegal (610 words)

	afrol News - Senegalese govt sacked over ferry accident
		The decision was announced in a short decree, signed by the President, saying that Ms Boye's cabinet had "ceased to function." President Wade did not explain the background for the decision, neither in the decree nor in statements to the press.
		Mr Seck, a 43-year-old careerist of President Wade's Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS), on the other hand is known to have the full trust of the Head of State.
		On the policy aims of PM Idrissa Seck, still few details are known.
	www.afrol.com /News2002/sen031_boye_sacked.htm (579 words)

	Political rivals up stakes in Senegal
		Idrissa Seck, an emerging political rival to President Abdoulaye Wade, has been charged with
		Seck has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and his defense team told IRIN that the charges against him were politically motivated.
		Seck is completely innocent of everything he has been accused of.”
	www.frostillustrated.com /news/2005/0817/News/008.html (217 words)

	Le Forum de Seneweb.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Quant a Idrissa Seck, il fait des eureurs qui me font penser qu'il n'a pas du tout les credences qu'il se reclame ou plutot que les gens lui pretent volontiers.
		Idrissa seck n'a pas obtenu de diplome (maitrise ) de Princeton.
		Idrissa seck est diplomé de la célèbre Woodrow Wilson School en 1990.
	www.seneweb.com /discus/messages/6/2465.html (2615 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Africa \| Senegal's premier party hack
		Seck has followed Abdoulaye Wade for many years
		But he appears to be not much loved.
		But Idrissa Seck takes office against an unpromising background.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/2441907.stm (625 words)

	SENEGAL: Parliament votes to make ex-prime minister face special court @ Liberian Online - Liberia Portal
		Seck, who served as prime minister to President Abdoulaye Wade from November 2002 until they fell out and Wade sacked him in 2004, is seen as a formidable political rival to the 78-year-old leader.
		Seck’s case emerges at a time when Wade, a veteran opposition leader elected president in 2000, is increasingly coming under fire for cracking down on dissent in the West African country.
		In mid-July the Senegalese government charged that Seck misappropriated funds designated for public works projects in the city of Thiès where Seck is now mayor.
	www.liberianonline.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=601 (689 words)

	Senegalese President Faces Uproar Over Proposed Election Delay
		The proposal, which would need to be approved by Senegal's parliament, has for the time being quieted the other most recent opposition uproar, concerning the jailing of former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck.
		Seck, who says he is the victim of a political vendetta, faces trial in a special court on charges of embezzlement and endangering state security.
		Wade won elections in 2000 ending 40 years of Socialist Party rule, but his time in power has been marked by growing persecution of political opponents, including jailings and unexplained nighttime attacks, as well as high-profile defections from his ruling Democratic Party.
	www.voanews.com /english/2005-08-31-voa22.cfm (467 words)

	AngolaPress - News
		"We wish to inform the public at large that Idrissa Seck has just come out of the chamber of the trial judge who convicted him and ordered him to prison for breaching national defence and state security," announced his lead defence lawyer Boucounta Diallo after the judge`s ruling.
		Nothing concrete was produced about the Thies construction works but on the breach of national defence and security," remarked Siki Kaba, the president of the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH), who is also a member of the former Prime Minister`s defence team.
		Mr Seck has been imprisoned for what he did not do.
	www.angolapress-angop.ao /noticia-e.asp?ID=359820 (499 words)

	Media Updates on 96.4 Nation FM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Senegalese parliament has voted to try former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck in a special court.
		Mr Seck was charged last month with threatening state security and embezzlement.
		A parliamentary vote was needed because Mr Seck was prime minister at the time of the alleged offences, and so can be prosecuted only in a special court.
	www.nationmedia.com /nationfm/mediaupdates.asp?id=8657&Type=News (115 words)

	afrol News - Senegalese President defends his "successes"
		His executives had until now, however, not given a positive image of Mr Wade's presidency, which has been noted by a focus on foreign policy, financial scandals, corruption and the 'Joola' accident, lowering the re-election chances of the aging President.
		To explain the successes of the presidency and his governments, Mr Wade's newly appointed government (his third) - headed by Prime Minister Idrissa Seck - was to publish a "white book", the President explained in Paris.
		New PM Seck already on his first day in office reminded the Senegalese people of the most important events of the last twelve months; the 'Joola' accident and the triumph of 'the Lions'.
	www.afrol.com /News2002/sen032_wade_successes.htm (759 words)

	Senegal - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Tension continued to be high in the disputed region of Casamance despite two peace agreements signed in 2001.
		In November President Abdoulaye Wade dismissed the government and appointed as Prime Minister Idrissa Seck, deputy leader of the ruling Parti démocratique sénégalais, Senegalese Democratic Party.
		In November an AI staff member went to Dakar to meet lawyers in connection with a project addressing the denial of social and economic rights to relatives of the “disappeared” in Casamance.
	web.amnesty.org /report2003/Sen-summary-eng (663 words)

	Senegal Post
		Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal has once again reshuffled his cabinet, appointing his fourth prime minister in as many years.
		Idrissa Seck, who had headed the cabinet for the past 15 months, was sacked on Wednesday...
		Dakar - Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade fired his prime minister Idrissa Seck on W...
	archive.wn.com /2004/04/24/1400/senegalpost (609 words)

	Human Security Gateway - Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Senegal: Mauritanians no closer to returning home, 16 years after exodus
		L'ancien premier ministre sénégalais Idrissa Seck renvoyé devant la Haute Cour de justice
		Idrissa Seck, l'ex-premier ministre sénégalais en garde à vue
	www.humansecuritygateway.info /search?getRegionNodes=1.5.15 (401 words)

	Agence France Presse English: Senegal prime minister quits amid rumours of rift with president@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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		Senegalese Prime minister Idrissa Seck (pictured) quit under mutual agreement with President Abdoulaye Wade, the outgoing premier said, and was replaced by Interior Minister Macky Sall.
		Senegalese Prime Minister Idrissa Seck quit amid rumours of an insurmountable rift with President Abdoulaye Wade over the make-up of the government, which is set for a fifth reshuffle by month's end.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:93687410&refid=holomed_1 (208 words)

	Seck, Idrissa - Former Senegalese Prime Minister (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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		ALIMENTATION DES COMPTES DES FONDS POLITIQUES : LES REVELATIONS D'IDRISSA SECK DEVANT LA HAUTE COUR (Wal Fadjri)
		Et Idrissa Seck de reveler aux juges instructeurs que rembourser les 2 milliards de pret octroye а Wade par la Cbao, il avait du utiliser de l'argent donne par le gouvernement du Koweit et qui avait ete verse au prealable dans les fonds politiques sur instruction du chef de l'Etat.
		(Wal Fadjri) - Thione Seck, Ismaila Lo, Coumba Gawlo Seck, Ouza Diallo, Didier Awadi, Omar Pene,...
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