Background
He was born in 1925 at Pass, in Linguere Department, he worked for the Labour Department.
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Magatte Lo
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Magatte was a Minister of State for the Armed Forces, appointed June 19, 1972. One of the few members of the old guard left in the government, he is a dependable party man, with a regional Power base in Diourbel. He was put in charge of the Armed Forces (a job previously held by the President himself, but re-created when the army command was decentralised in 1972) because he could be relied on not to abuse his power.
Education
Magatte was educated locally.
Career
After working for the party at the local level in Diourbel he was elected Deputy in 1959. He entered the government as Minister of Labour in December 1962 and a year later became Minister of Public Works and Transport. In 1965 he became Minister of Rural Economy and in May 1968, after a short spell at Labour, he was apparently “kicked upstairs” to become President of the Economic and Social Council. His appointment in June 1972 to the Armed Forces, though only as Secretary of State rather than a full minister, must be seen as something of a political comeback.
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Nationality
Senegalese
Career
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June 19, 1972