Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye (born 6 August 1958[1]) is a Senegalese politician who was Prime Minister of Senegal from 2009 to 2012.
A lawyer by profession, Ndiaye is the president of the National Union for the People (UNP).
[1] He was first appointed to the Senegalese government as Minister of the Civil Service, Labour, Employment, and Professional Organizations on 9 March 2005.
Ndiaye spoke positively of Karim Wade and downplayed suggestions that the two had a difficult relationship; he acknowledged their "political differences", but said this was "normal" and that there were "no problems" between them.
He spoke warmly of Wade, but said that he felt the need to pursue his own "political destiny" by leaving the PDS.