Career
Sow served as the President of the National Assembly of Senegal for fourteen years, from 1984 until 1998. Sow first joined the Senegalese Popular Bloc (SPB) in 1956. He became Senegal"s Minister of Health under President Abdou Diouf in 1970, a position he held until 1972.
He next served as the country"s Minister of Communications and Relations with Parliament, as well as a spokesperson for the government, from 1973 until 1980.
In 1981, Sow became the Minister of Defense within the first administration of President Habib Thiam. One year later, in 1982, Sow also became the Defense Minister within the first cabinet of the now defunct Senegambia Confederation.
Sow was elected the President of the National Assembly of Senegal on April 12, 1984, succeeding Habib Thiam. He was re-elected in April 1988.
He was forced to resign as President of the Assembly on December 9, 1998, and was succeeded by Abdul Aziz Ndaw.
He also worked as the Personal coordinator for Linguère Department. Daouda Sow died in Dakar of a long illness on December 6, 2009, at the age of 76. A funeral was held in Dakar and was attended by many prominent Senegalese Personal politicians, including Abdoulaye Bathily, Moustapha Niasse, Djibo Kâ, Habib Sy and Mamadou Seck.
Sow was buried in the village of Kamb, Linguère Department, Senegal.
