Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré (born 24 October 1951[1][2][3][4]) was Prime Minister of Senegal from 2007 to 2009 and Chairman of the Commission of the West African Economic and Monetary Union from 2011 to 2016.

[3] He was provisional administrator of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International Sénégal from September 1991 to September 1995, then technical advisor to the Ministry of the Economy, Finance and the Plan from October 1995 to July 1996, Director of Budget from July 16, 1996, to August 1, 2000, and Director-General of Finance from August 1, 2000 to May 23, 2001.

[6] Soumaré was considered a technocrat[3][6] and was not a member of Wade's Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS).

The Sopi Coalition, of which the PDS was part, won a large majority of seats in the parliamentary election, which was the subject of an opposition boycott.

[10] Following the March 2009 local elections, in which the opposition made broad gains, Soumaré resigned for reasons related to "personal convenience" and Wade appointed Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye, Minister of State for the Maritime Economy, to succeed Soumaré on April 30, 2009.