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Ousmane Sonko was born in Thiès, Senegal in 1974. He is the youngest candidate running for president in Senegal. He is one of the five candidates running in the 2019 presidential election in Senegal. He is seen as a rising star of hope for the youth in Senegal. He along with the other four candidates are challenging the incumbent president of Senegal Macky Sall.

Early Life
Ousmane Sonko was born in Thiès, Senegal. He spent his childhood in Sébikotane and Casamance. Sébikotane is near Dakar. All of his schooling has been in the country of Senegal.

Career
Sonko is the president of the political party PASTEF-Les Patriotes "Patriots of Senegal for Ethics, Work and Fraternity". The PASTEF was created in January of 2014. He is also the elected deputy of the NDAWI ASKAN WI / People’s Alternative coalition in the National Assembly. He has been the deputy since July 2017.

He is the author of the Pétrole et gaz au Sénégal (French Edition), published in 2017. In 2017 Sonko was elected National Assembly of Senegal.

In 2016 Sonko was a tax inspector turned whistle blower. He exposed corrupt practices by the Senegalese elite. He was terminated because of his activism in exposing the Senegalese elite.

Quotes
‘‘One of the first programme to addressed, if I were to be elected, is the reconstruction of the “Emile Badiane Bridge”. Look at the state of this bridge… We will not wait to experience a second tragedy like the one of the boat “Joola".