Macky Sall has received the following honors:

Grand Cross of the National Order of the Lion

Grand Officer of the French Legion of Honor

Grand Officer of the Order of La Pleiade

Grand Cross of the Order of the State of Palestine

Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Abomey Calvy, Benin

Doctor Honoris Causa, Swiss UMEF University, Switzerland

Doctor Honoris Causa, Pukyong National University, South Korea

Doctor Honoris Causa, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM), France

Honorary member of the French Overseas Scientific Academy

February 2022: rotating presidency of the African Union

The President of the Republic has been elected President-in-Office of the African Union for the period 2022-2023, a first for Senegal since the creation of the African Union in 2002. On taking office on 5 February 2022, President Macky Sall reiterated his determination to give high-level impetus to the conduct of continental affairs and to add a new cornerstone to the continental edifice for “an Africa at peace, freer, more united and more united; an Africa on its feet and on the march towards greater progress and prosperity”.