Since the administrative reforms of 1996, the regions of Senegal, which until then were merely local administrative structures of the central state, have been turned into full-fledged political units, with democratically elected regional councils, and regional presidents.
Od administrativnih reformi 1996. regije Senegala, koje su dotad bile samo lokalne administrativne jedinice centralizirane države, prerastaju u punopravne političke jedinice, sa svojim demokratski izabranim vijećima i regionalnim predsjednicima.