Amadou Lamine Ba

{{Short description|Senegalese diplomat}}

Amadou Lamine Ba was the ambassador of Senegal to the United States and was appointed to the position on October 17, 2002.{{cite web|title=Senegal - His Excellency Amadou Lamine Ba |publisher=The Washington Diplomat |url=http://www.washingtondiplomat.com/ambprof/senagal.html |accessdate=2008-05-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050322203827/http://www.washingtondiplomat.com/ambprof/senagal.html |archivedate=March 22, 2005 }} His offices were at the Embassy of Senegal in Washington, D.C.{{cite web|title=Senegal - Country Specific Information |publisher=United States Department of State |date=2007-11-08 |url=https://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1013.html |accessdate=2008-05-30 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080328144637/http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1013.html |archivedate=March 28, 2008 |url-status=dead }} Ba was a member of the African Diplomatic Corps (ADC), a group of 53 ambassadors that represent African countries in the United States.{{cite web| last=| first=| title=African Diplomatic Corps Launches Its 2008 Africa Week Celebration and Commemorates the 45th Anniversary of the African Union | work=| publisher=PR Newswire| date=2008-05-16 | url=http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-16-2008/0004815523&EDATE=| accessdate=2008-05-30}} Ba and his wife, Oulimata, have two children named Marieme and Ali.{{cite web | last=Scott | first=Gail | title=Stylish but Serious | publisher=The Washington Diplomat | url=http://www.washingtondiplomat.com/August-05/b3_08_05.html | accessdate=2008-05-30 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003010703/http://www.washingtondiplomat.com/August-05/b3_08_05.html | archive-date=2011-10-03 | url-status=dead }}

Ba graduated from Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, and Doctorate in biology.{{cite web| last=Jackson | first=Shirley | title=Heritage by Chance, Success by Choice | publisher=Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | date=2006-03-19 | url=http://www.rpi.edu/president/speeches/ps031906-ohio.html | accessdate=2008-05-30| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080706143749/http://www.rpi.edu/president/speeches/ps031906-ohio.html| archivedate= 6 July 2008 | url-status= live}} Earlier in his career, Ba was a teacher, co-executive of HDNA (Human Rights, Democracy, and New Leadership in Africa), member of the Executive Bureau of the US-Africa initiative, consultant for USAID (United States Agency for International Development), and the general secretary of the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa.{{cite web | last=Janofsky | first=Michael | title=Olympic Notebook; Boycott Weighed By African Nations | work=The New York Times | date=1988-04-14 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/04/sports/olympic-notebook-boycott-weighed-by-african-nations.html | accessdate=2008-05-30 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090910003554/http://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/04/sports/olympic-notebook-boycott-weighed-by-african-nations.html | archive-date=2009-09-10 | url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Seattle Town Hall Meeting Opens Dialogue on Millennium Challenge Account |publisher=InterAction |date=2004-10-14 |url=http://www.interaction.org/campaign/seattle_bios.html |accessdate=2008-05-30 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514113809/http://interaction.org/campaign/seattle_bios.html |archivedate=2008-05-14 |url-status=dead }} In 2006, Ba received a key to the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.{{cite web| last=Boone | first=Timothy | title=Senegal Sales | work=| publisher=AllBusiness | date=2006-12-19 | url=http://www.allbusiness.com/legal/international-law-foreign-investment-finance/4061931-1.html | accessdate=2008-05-30}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}