Bassirou Diomaye Faye, the youngest president of Senegal, will be sworn in. The investiture ceremony is scheduled for late morning in Diamniadio, near Dakar.
At 44, this left-wing pan-Africanist plans to prioritize cost of living, corruption and national reconciliation. He succeeds for five years Macky Sall, 62, who led the country of 18 million inhabitants for 12 years and maintained strong relations with the West and France. He is a practicing Muslim, married to two wives - he is the first polygamous Senegalese president and has four children.