Lamine Guèye
Politician, Deceased Person
1891 – 1968
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Who was Lamine Guèye?
Lamine Guèye was a Senegalese politician who became leader of the Senegalese Party of Socialist Action. In 1945 he and his associate Leopold Senghor were elected to represent Senegal in the French National Assembly, Gueye was also elected to the French Senate in 1958. He gave his name to the 1946 Lamine Guèye law which granted French citizenship to the inhabitants of France's overseas colonies.
He died in Dakar on 10 June 1968. At the time, he was the President of the National Assembly.
He was the grandfather of Senegalese alpine skier Lamine Guèye.
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- Born
- Sep 20, 1891
Médine, Mali - Also known as
- Lamine Gueye
- Ethnicity
- Wolof people
- Profession
- Died
- Jun 10, 1968
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on July 23, 2013
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