Malick Gakou | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Commerce, Industry and the Informal Sector of Senegal | |
| In office 29 October 2012 –26 August 2013 | |
| President | Macky Sall |
| Prime Minister | Abdoul Mbaye |
| Preceded by | Mata Sy Diallo |
| Succeeded by | Alioune Sarr |
| Minister of Sports of Senegal | |
| In office 4 April 2012 –29 October 2012 | |
| President | Macky Sall |
| Prime Minister | Abdoul Mbaye |
| Preceded by | Faustin Diatta |
| Succeeded by | Mbagnick Ndiaye |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 17,1961 Dakar,Senegal |
| Political party | Grand Party (2015–present) Alliance of the Forces of Progress (until 2015) |
| Alma mater | Warsaw School of Economics,Poland |
| Occupation | Politician,Economist |
El Hadj Malick Gakou (born on August 17,1961) is a Senegalese politician and economist. He served as the Minister of sport of Senegal from 2012 to 2013. [1]
Malick was born on 17 August 1961 in Dakar,Senegal. He spent his early childhood in Thiaroye-sur-Mer,then Pikine,and later Guédiawaye. He completed primary education at École Primaire de Thiaroye-sur-Mer,and furthered at Pikine South college. Subsequently,his family moved to Guédiawaye where they settled permanently. He earned his baccalauréat (series F2,electrical engineering). After the baccalauréat,he obtained a foreign scholarship and chose to study in Poland. He attended the language school in Łódź,then the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) where he obtained a master's degree in commerce extérieur (external trade) and a doctorate in economics,with specialization in development policy,in December 1992. [2]