{"id":167654,"date":"2026-01-08T11:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T11:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nettali.com\/?p=167654"},"modified":"2026-01-08T09:25:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T09:25:47","slug":"premier-paleographe-senegalais-seydou-madani-sy-batisseur-de-luniversite-de-dakar-sen-est-alle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nettali.com\/2026\/01\/08\/premier-paleographe-senegalais-seydou-madani-sy-batisseur-de-luniversite-de-dakar-sen-est-alle\/","title":{"rendered":"PREMIER PAL\u00c9OGRAPHE S\u00c9N\u00c9GALAIS - Seydou Madani Sy, b\u00e2tisseur de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Dakar s\u2019en est all\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NETTALI.COM -<\/strong> Le pale\u0301ographe et juriste se\u0301ne\u0301galais Seydou Madani Sy est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 \u00e0 Dakar le 7 janvier 2026, a\u2011t\u2011on appris. Premier S\u00e9n\u00e9galais \u00e0 diriger l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Dakar, il avait consacr\u00e9 sa longue carri\u00e8re \u00e0 l\u2019enseignement sup\u00e9rieur, \u00e0 la recherche et au service de l\u2019\u00c9tat.<\/p>\n<p>N\u00e9 le 16 novembre 1933 \u00e0 Dakar, Seydou Madani Sy a \u00e9t\u00e9 le premier S\u00e9n\u00e9galais dipl\u00f4m\u00e9 de l\u2019\u00c9cole nationale des Chartes en qualit\u00e9 d\u2019archiviste pal\u00e9ographe. Docteur en droit en 1964 et agr\u00e9g\u00e9 de droit public deux ans plus tard, il a enseign\u00e9 \u00e0 la Facult\u00e9 de droit de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Dakar, en devenant d\u2019abord ma\u00eetre de conf\u00e9rences puis professeur de droit public. Doyen de cette facult\u00e9 de 1968 \u00e0 1971, il est nomm\u00e9, le 20 juillet 1971, premier recteur s\u00e9n\u00e9galais de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Dakar, poste qu\u2019il occupe jusqu\u2019en 1986.<\/p>\n<p>Apr\u00e8s sa brillante carri\u00e8re acad\u00e9mique, M. 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Le pr\u00e9sident Bassirou Diomaye Faye a rendu hommage \u00e0 un \u201cgrand serviteur de l\u2019\u00c9tat\u201d, soulignant son engagement, sa rigueur morale et son attachement aux valeurs r\u00e9publicaines.<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019Ucad a \u00e9galement exprim\u00e9 sa reconnaissance pour l\u2019homme qui avait assur\u00e9 son africanisation et son rayonnement international. 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