Ousmane Sonko elected speaker of Senegalese National Assembly

One lawmaker abstained. Senegal’s National Assembly has 165 seats.

Sonko succeeds El Malick Ndiaye, who announced his resignation as speaker on Sunday.

The election came days after President Bassirou Diomaye Faye dismissed Sonko as prime minister and later appointed Ahmadou Al Aminou Lo, a former senior official of the Central Bank of West African States, as the new head of government.

Sonko, leader of the ruling PASTEF party, resumed his parliamentary mandate before Tuesday’s vote.