ABSTRACT
MOUSTAPHA NIASSE (Interim Premier, April 3, 1983-April 29, 1983). Moustapha Niasse was born in Senegal on November 4, 1939. He was educated in Dakar and Paris. He joined government service and worked in the Information Ministry from 1968 until 1969. Niasse served as a presidential advisor from 1970 and became minister of town planning, housing, and the environment in 1978. He was appointed minister of foreign affairs later that year and served until 1984. He also served as