The Grammy-award winning Mr Ndour is one of 25 new appointees to the cabinet headed by Prime Minister Abdoul Mbaye.
Senegal’s Constitutional Council had barred him for running in the polls on the grounds that he had failed to provide enough valid signatures to back his application.
The BBC’s Thomas Fessy in Dakar says Mr Ndour is very popular in Senegal, where he owns an influential media group, a night club and a music studio.
(via BBC News - Senegal musician Youssou Ndour given ministerial post)
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