{{Short description|Senegalese politician (1959–2024)}} {{distinguish|Mohamed Dione}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Mahammed Dionne | image = Mohammed Dionne.jpg | office = Prime Minister of Senegal | president = Macky Sall | term_start = 6 July 2014 | term_end = 14 May 2019 | predecessor = Aminata Touré | successor = Office abolished (2019–2022)<br>Amadou Ba (2022) | birth_name = Mahammed Boun Abdallah Dionne | birth_date = {{birth date|1959|9|22|df=y}} | birth_place = Gossas, French West Africa (now Senegal) | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|4|5|1959|9|22|df=y}} | death_place = Paris, France | party = Independent | alma_mater = National Conservatory of Arts<br />and Crafts<br />Pierre Mendès-France University | office1 = Secretary General of the Presidency of Senegal | term_start1 = 6 April 2019 | term_end1 = 28 October 2020 | predecessor1 = Maxime Ndiaye | successor1 = Oumar Samba Ba | president1 = Macky Sall }}

'''Mahammed Boun Abdallah Dionne''' (22 September 1959 – 5 April 2024) was a Senegalese politician who served as the Prime Minister of Senegal from 2014 to 2019. He was the third prime minister appointed by President Macky Sall. Dionne served at the Central Bank of West African States, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (ONUDI),<ref name="Reuters1">{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/senegal-primeminister-idUSL6N0PH1BF20140706|title= Technocrat Mohammed Dionne named Senegal's prime minister: state tv|last=Ba|first=Diadie |last2=Felix |first2=Bate |date=6 July 2014|agency=Reuters|accessdate=11 August 2014}}</ref> and as the advisor of the president,<ref name="Al Jazeera1">{{cite news|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2014/07/presidential-aide-named-senegal-new-pm-20147714231726490.html|title=Presidential aide named Senegal's new PM|date=10 July 2014|publisher=Al Jazeera|accessdate=11 August 2014}}</ref> before his appointment as prime minister. He was a computer engineer by training.<ref name="Reuters1" />

==Early life== Dionne was born in Gossas on 22 September 1959.<ref name="LQ" /> When his mother gave birth to him, she took refuge in a locality where her grandmother lived. His father worked as a police commissioner.<ref>{{cite web|language=French|url=http://www.dakaractu.com/De-son-enfance-a-sa-nomination-comme-Pm-La-face-cachee-de-Mohammad-Dionne_a78171.html|title=De son enfance à sa nomination comme Pm : La face cachée de Mohammad Dionne|publisher=Dakar Actu|date=10 November 2014}}</ref> [[File:Secretary Pompeo Greets Senegalese Prime Minister Mahammed Boun Abdallah Dionne (32388572288).jpg|left|thumb|Dionne meets with U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on 10 December 2018.]]

==Political career== Dionne worked as a computer engineer specializing in applied economics, and worked in a West African bank and as head of the Economic Office at the Senegalese Embassy in France.<ref name="VIP Peoples">{{cite web|url=http://www.vipeoples.net/Mohamed-Dionne-l-homme-de-confiance-du-President-Macky-Sall_a7129.html|title=Mohamed Dionne, l'homme de confiance du Président Macky Sall|language=French|publisher=VIP Peoples.net|date=7 July 2014}}</ref> He was Director of the Cabinet of Prime Minister Macky Sall from 2005 to 2007, and when Sall moved to the post of President of the National Assembly in 2007&ndash;2008, Dionne continued working under Sall in the same capacity.<ref>Benjamin Roger, [http://www.jeuneafrique.com/mag/472992/politique/senegal-mahammed-dionne-le-parcours-sans-faute-de-lhomme-du-president/ "Sénégal : Mahammed Dionne, le parcours sans-faute de l’homme du président"], ''Jeune Afrique'', 13 September 2017 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> In March 2014, he was appointed to coordinate the ''Plan Sénégal Emergent'' (PSE), an economic and social development plan to make the country an emerging economy by 2035. He became the Prime Minister in July 2014. During his tenure as Prime Minister, he continued to be involved in implementing the PSE.<ref name="VIP Peoples"/><ref>IMF Country Report No. 16/144, [https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2016/cr16144.pdf SENEGAL: SECOND REVIEW UNDER THE POLICY SUPPORT INSTRUMENT AND REQUEST FOR MODIFICATION OF AN ASSESSMENT CRITERION], 9 May 2016</ref>

Dionne headed the national candidate list of Benno Bokk Yaakaar, the coalition supporting President Sall, in the July 2017 parliamentary election.<ref>[http://www.seneweb.com/news/Politique/la-liste-nationale-de-benno-bokk-yaakaar_n_219163.html "Législatives : Les listes de Benno Bokk Yaakaar"], Seneweb, 10 June 2017 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> Following the victory of Benno Bokk Yaakaar, President Sall reappointed Dionne as Prime Minister on 6 September 2017.<ref>[http://www.jeuneafrique.com/472110/politique/senegal-macky-sall-reconduit-son-premier-ministre/ "Sénégal : Macky Sall reconduit son Premier ministre"], ''Jeune Afrique'', 6 September 2017 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> After the abolition of the office of Prime Minister in May 2019, he became Secretary General of the Presidency of Senegal, from 6 April 2019 to 28 October 2020.<ref name=LQ/>

== Death == Dionne died on 5 April 2024, in Paris, where he had been sent to for medical treatment after falling ill in the middle of his campaign during the 2024 Senegalese presidential election. He was 64.<ref name=LQ>{{cite web |url=https://lequotidien.sn/former-pm-buried-in-touba-a-dieu-boun-dionne/ |title=Former PM Buried in Touba: A Dieu Boun Dionne |website=Le Quotidien - Journal d'information Générale |access-date=13 April 2024 |language=fr-FR |date=12 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |agency=Agence France Presse |title=Former Senegal Prime Minister And Presidential Candidate Dies |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/former-senegal-prime-minister-and-presidential-candidate-dies-6454d4a9 |access-date=5 April 2024 |website=Barron's |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>[https://www.lesoir.be/579263/article/2024-04-05/senegal-deces-de-m-dionne-ex-premier-ministre-qui-etait-candidat-la Sénégal : décès de M. Dionne, ex-Premier ministre qui était candidat à la présidentielle] {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

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