Louis Jacques Senghor (born February 24, 1952Decision of the Constitutional Council on presidential candidacies, January 26, 2007 .) 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."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."Le texte intégral de la décision du Conseil constitutionnel" , Agence de Presse Sénégalaise, March 11, 2007 .
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). "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
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