Fatou Diouf

Fatou Diouf
Minister of Fisheries and Maritime Economy
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 April 2024
Prime MinisterBassirou Diomaye Faye
Preceded byPape Sagna Mbaye

Fatou Diouf is a Senegalese jurist and politician, Minister of Fisheries and Maritime Economy of Senegal since 2024. She is also an expert and professor of maritime law at the Cheikh Anta Diop University.

Career

Diouf holds a doctorate in law with a doctoral thesis on illegal fishing and worked at the Directorate of the Merchant Navy and between 1998 and 2004 at the Directorate of Fisheries Protection and Surveillace.[1] She also worked as a legal advisor to the Ministry of Maritime Economy and the Ministry of Environment and Nature Protection between 2005 and 2012.[1] She has also worked for UNCITRAL, the European Union, the FAO, the UEMOA and ICCAT, and is a research professor and expert in maritime and fisheries law at Cheikh Anta Diop University.[2]

Following Bassirou Diomaye Faye's inauguration as the new president of Senegal, Diouf was appointed as the first female Minister of Fisheries and Maritime Economy on 6 April 2024, succeeding Pape Sagna Mbaye, with one of her main challenges being the comprehensive reform of fisheries policy, which involves renegotiating fisheries agreements with the European Union and the fight against illegal fishing.[1][3] In May 2025, she expressed the government's commitment to supporting the transformation of artisanal fishing by guaranteeing sustainability and food sovereignty.[4]

In February 2026 she was elected vicepresident of the West and Central African Maritime Organisation.[5]

Publications

  • "Urban planning and construction disputes before the administrative court in Senegal" (2019)[6]
  • "The Law of the Sea in African Union Member States: Senegal (2017)[6]
  • "The international legal framework for combating illegal, unreported and unregulated" (2016)[6]
  • "Legal aspects of combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in Senegal" (2015)[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c Chartier, Mélanie (8 April 2024). "Fatou Diouf nommée ministre de la Pêche du Sénégal" [Fatou Diouf appointed Minister of Fisheries of Senegal]. Le Marin (in French). Ouest-France. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Dr. Fatou Diouf : Au Service de la Pêche et des Infrastructures Maritimes du Sénégal" [Dr. Fatou Diouf: Working for Senegal's Fisheries and Maritime Infrastructure] (in French). leral.net. 13 April 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  3. ^ "Priority to the fight against illegal fishing: Dr Fatou Diouf begins a new era at the Ministry of Fisheries, Maritime Infrastructures and Ports". maritimafrica.com. 16 April 2026. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  4. ^ "Dr Fatou Diouf réaffirme l'engagement du gouvernement à accompagner la transformation de la pêche artisanale" [Dr Fatou Diouf reaffirms the government's commitment to supporting the transformation of small-scale fisheries] (in French). Agence de presse sénégalaise. 8 May 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  5. ^ "GOUVERNANCE MARITIME : LE SÉNÉGAL ACCÈDE À LA PREMIÈRE VICE-PRÉSIDENCE DE L'ORGANISATION MARITIME DE L'AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST ET DU CENTRE" [Maritime Governance: Senegal accepts the first Vice-Presidency of the West and Central African Maritime Organisation]. RTS 1 (in French). 23 February 2026. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  6. ^ a b c d "Fatou DIOUF Recherche, Encadrement et Distinctions" [Fatou DIOUF Research, Supervision and Awards]. Cheikh Anta Diop University (in French). Retrieved 24 February 2026.
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