What is Abdoul Aziz Mbaye?
'''Abdoul Aziz Mbaye''' (18 October 1954 – 3 February 2021) was a Senegalese politician.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imf.org/external/np/seminars/eng/2012/pic/pdf/AazCV.pdf|title=Dr. Abdoul Aziz M’Bayem, Ambassador, EU Head of Delegation to the Pacific|date=August 2011|work=International Monetary Fund}}</ref> He was Chief of Staff for [[President of Senegal|President]] [[Macky Sall]]. He was appointed Minister of Culture on 29 October 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gouv.sn/d%C3%A9cret-n%C2%B0-2012-1163-du-29-octobre-2012-relatif-%C3%A0-la-composition-du-gouvernement|title=Décret n° 2012-1163 du 29 octobre 2012 relatif à la composition du Gouvernement|date=29 October 2012|work=Gouvernement de la République du Sénégal|language=French|access-date=4 February 2021|archive-date=2 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202092626/https://sec.gouv.sn/d%C3%A9cret-n%C2%B0-2012-1163-du-29-octobre-2012-relatif-%C3%A0-la-composition-du-gouvernement|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was born in [[Dakar]], [[French West Africa]]. Mbaye died of [[Covid-19|COVID-19]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Senegal]] on 3 February 2021, at the age of 66.<ref>[https://www.dakaractu.com/Deces-de-Abdoul-Aziz-Mbaye-de-la-Covid-19-Fin-de-mission-d-un-diplomate-et-1er-Directeur-de-Cabinet-du-President-Sall_a199487.html Décès de Abdoul Aziz Mbaye de la Covid-19 : Fin de mission d’un diplomate et 1er Directeur de Cabinet du Président Sall]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dakaractu.com/Urgent-Necrologie-Deces-de-l-ancien-ministre-de-la-Culture-Abdou-Aziz-Mbaye_a199481.html|title=Urgent / Nécrologie : Décès de l’ancien ministre de la Culture Abdou Aziz Mbaye.|date=3 February 2021|work=Dakaractu|language=French}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mbaye, Abdoul Aziz}} [[Category:1954 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Senegalese politicians]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Senegal]] [[Category:People from Dakar]] {{bio-stub}}