Thérèse Faye Diouf

Thérèse Faye Diouf is a Senegalese sociologist, Member of Parliament and Deputy Chairperson of the Committee on Monetary and Financial Affairs of the Pan-African Parliament. She is also Mayor of the Municipality of Diarrère, a position she has held since 2014, becoming the first woman to lead the municipality.

She has held several senior positions in Senegal’s public administration, including Ministerial roles and Administrator General of the Priority Investment Guarantee Fund (FONGIP). Earlier in her career, she also led the National Agency for Early Childhood and the Case des Tout-Petits, contributing to the implementation of Senegal’s national policy for integrated early childhood development.

Her public service career combines experience in national and local government, public finance and territorial development, with a particular focus on women’s leadership and socioeconomic development.

Thérèse holds an advanced degree in Sociology from Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD) in Dakar.