Dominique de Villepin pledges to induct a Senegalese rifleman into the Panthéon

Dominique de Villepin said that the first person he would induct into the Panthéon would be a Senegalese rifleman, according to a statement reported by PressAfrik.

The former head of the French government served as Prime Minister from 2005 to 2007, under President Jacques Chirac.

Available information does not specify either the circumstances of the statement or the arrangements envisaged for such an induction into the Panthéon.