Mamadou Dia

Mamadou Dia
1st Prime Minister of Senegal
In office
18 May 1957  18 December 1962
President Léopold Sédar Senghor
Preceded by None
Succeeded by Abdou Diouf
Personal details
Born (1910-07-18)18 July 1910
Kombolé, Senegal
Died 25 January 2009(2009-01-25) (aged 98)
Dakar, Senegal
Political party Senegalese Democratic Bloc

Mamadou Dia (18 July 1910 25 January 2009) was a Senegalese politician who served as the first Prime Minister of Senegal from 1957 until 1962, when he was forced to resign and was subsequently imprisoned amidst allegations that he was planning to stage a military coup to overthrow President Léopold Sédar Senghor.

Biography

Mamadou Dia was born in Khombole, Senegal on July 18, 1910. He was educated at École William Ponty.

Dia started life in politics as a leader in the Afrique occidentale française (AOF). Dia served in the French Senate from 1948 to 1956 and the French National Assembly from 1956 to 1958. Dia was appointed as Prime Minister by the French National Assembly to serve alongside the newly elected President Léopold Sédar Senghor. His time served as Prime Minister was often controversial and his radical socialist views often clashed with those of the more moderate Senghor.

In 1962, he was accused of plotting a coup and as a result, was forced to resign and was subsequently imprisoned until 1974.

Dia attempted to restart his career in the early 1980s, but the small party he led found little support.

He died in Dakar on January 25, 2009 at the age of 98.[1]

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NB: Portions of this article were translated from the French language Wikipedia article: Mamadou Dia, accessed 2008-02-15.

Political offices
Preceded by
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Prime Minister of Senegal
1960-1962
Succeeded by
Post Abolished
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