Robert Sagna

Robert Sagna (born April 17, 1939[1][2]) is a Senegalese politician who served in the government of Senegal from 1978 to 2000 and was Mayor of Ziguinchor from 1984 to 2009.

[4] He was a PS candidate in Ziguinchor in the April 2001 parliamentary election, but failed to win a seat.

[4] Sagna stood as the candidate of the coalition Takku Defaraat Sénégal in the February 2007 presidential election.

[1][4] He took fifth place with 2.58% of the vote,[6] and lost to incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade, who won a majority in the first round, in his own home base of Ziguinchor.

[9] As leader of the Rally for Socialism and Democracy/Takku Defaraat Senegal, Sagna supported Macky Sall, who was elected as President in 2012.