Marie Sarr Mbodj

Marie Sarr Mbodj (born 28 September 1935 in Thiès, Senegal)[1] is a Senegalese politician. She was the State Secretary to the Minister for National Education in charge of technical and vocational education from April 3rd, 1983 to January 2nd, 1986, then the Minister of Public Health from January 2nd, 1986 to April 5th,[2] 1988 under the presidency of Abdou Diouf.[3] She was one of the first Senegalese women ministers, and the first female Minister of Public Health.

Mbodj attended the Filles de Thiès urban school between 1943 and 1949.[1] She studied mathematics and psychology and took the exam of the École normale. She subsequently became an inspector of technical education. According to a 1999 record, Mbodj had never been in politics before she joined the government in 1983.[4]

References
  1. Weiss, Marianne; Stetter, Ernst; Voll, Klaus (1983). Senegal: Mehrparteiensystem und Wahlen 1983: Dokumentation zur politischen Entwicklung (in German). Institut für Afrika-Kunde, Dokumentations-Leitstelle Afrika. p. 365. ISBN 9783922887287.
  2. "Les anciens ministres" (in French). Ministry of Health and Social Action (Senegal). Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  3. "Gouvernements du Sénégal de 1957 à 2007" (PDF). Équité et égalité de genre au Sénégal (in French). Dakar: Laboratoire GENRE, Cheikh Anta Diop University. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2013-06-26. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
  4. Sow, Fatou (2009). La recherche féministe francophone : Langue, identités et enjeux (in French). Paris: Karthala. p. 668. ISBN 9782811102777.

Further reading
  • Les Élites sénégalaises (in French). Paris: Édiafric, La Documentation africaine. 1984. p. 111.
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