Louis Jacques Senghor

{{Short description|Senegalese politician}}

Louis Jacques Senghor (born February 24, 1952[http://www1.adie.sn/jo/article.php3?id_article=5524 Decision of the Constitutional Council on presidential candidacies]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, January 26, 2007 {{in lang|fr}}.) is a Senegalese politician, and was a candidate in the February 2007 presidential election. He was the candidate of the Senegalese People's Liberal Movement (MLPS). Senghor is the grandson of the first Senegalese president, Léopold Sédar Senghor.[http://www.seneweb.com/news/elections2007/article.php?artid=8348 "Portrait - Louis Jacques Senghor : Louis Jacques Senghor sur les traces de son grand-père de poète"], Seneweb.com, February 5, 2007.

Senghor was born in Djilor. In the 2007 election, Senghor came in 14th place with about 0.24% of the vote.[http://www.seneweb.com/news/elections2007/article.php?artid=9107 "Le texte intégral de la décision du Conseil constitutionnel"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070520234508/http://www.seneweb.com/news/elections2007/article.php?artid=9107 |date=2007-05-20 }}, Agence de Presse Sénégalaise, March 11, 2007 {{in lang|fr}}.

Two months after the election, he was reported to have fled to the United States after being involved in a bad-cheque case involving 40 million West African CFA francs (some $80,000).{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.seneweb.com/news/article/9791.php "Louis-Jacques Senghor candidat indépendant à la Présidentielle poursuivi pour une dette de 40 millions" ("Independent Presidential Candidate Louis-Jacques Senghor Sought for a Debt of 40 million")], Le Quotidien, 18 April 2007; accessed February 7, 2010