Lamine Guèye
This article is about the politician. For the alpine skier of the same name, see Lamine Guèye (skier).
Lamine Guèye (centre) at a meeting of Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie in 1967
Lamine Guèye (20 September 1891 in Médine, French Sudan – 10 June 1968 in Dakar) was a Senegalese politician who became leader of the Parti Sénégalais de l'Action Socialiste ("Senegalese Party of Socialist Action"). In 1945 he and his associate, Léopold Sédar 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 (Loi Lamine Guèye) which granted French citizenship to all 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.[1]
He was the grandfather of Senegalese alpine skier Lamine Guèye.[2]
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Mural of Lamine Guèye in Dakar, Senegal
References
- ↑ "Senegalese Speaker Dies". Liberian Star 1968-06-11: 1.
- ↑ "Le billet de Paul Wermus : Lamine Gueye", France Soir, April 23, 2008
External links
- Lamine Guèye biography at the Encyclopedia of World Biography
- page on the French Senate website
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