Talla Sylla
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Talla Sylla is a Senegalese politician, and was one of the candidates in the 2007 presidential election. Sylla is the leader of Alliance for Progress and Justice Jëf-Jël.
Sylla was born in Pikine, in the outskirts of Dakar. Sylla joined the African Independence Party at the age of 14. He later entered the Université Cheikh Anta Diop to study sociology. In October 1987 he was elected president of the Dakar Students Coordination (CED). The following year he led a students strike. In 1990, after another students strike, Sylla was expelled from UCAD. He then shifted to France, to continue his studies there. At the Université de Grenoble he founded the Youth for Change (JPA) in 1991. When Sylla returned to Senegal in 1995, JPA was transformed into a political party, Jëf-Jël. In the 2001 legislative election, Sylla was the sole Jëf-Jël candidate elected to the National Assembly. He later resigned from the National Assembly, and was replaced by Moussa Tine.[1]
In the February 2007 presidential election, Sylla took 0.53% of the vote and eighth place.[2]
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- ^ "Talla Sylla, un parcours politique mouvementé", Agence de Presse Sénégalaise (Seneweb.com), February 5, 2007 (French).
- ^ "Le texte intégral de la décision du Conseil constitutionnel", Agence de Presse Sénégalaise (Seneweb.com), March 11, 2007 (French).
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