Abdou Diouf
Politician
President of Senegal from 1981 to 2000 who actively promoted AIDS awareness in Senegal. He is one of the few leaders of West Africa to come to power via a peaceful succession and also leave office willingly after losing a Democratic election.
He studied Law at Dakar University, and graduated from the Sorbonne, Paris in 1959.
He became the Secretary-General of the Socialist Party in 2003 and at 6 ft 6 inches (198 cm) in height, he is the tallest ever world leader.
He was born in Louga and he is the child of an Hal Pulaar mother and a Serere father.
He was Prime Minister under President Leopold Sedar Senghor and was his protege.