Amadou Lamine-Guèye
Amadou Lamine-Guèye | |
|---|---|
Guèye in 1965 | |
| 1st President of the National Assembly of Senegal | |
| In office 1960 – 10 June 1968 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Amadou Cissé Dia |
| Senator of France | |
| In office 8 June 1958 – 15 July 1959 | |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 10 November 1946 – 4 July 1951 Serving with Léopold Senghor | |
| Preceded by | Position re-established Ngalandou Diouf (1940) |
| Constituency | Senegal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 September 1891 Médine, French Sudan (now Mali) |
| Died | 10 June 1968 (aged 76) Dakar, Senegal |
| Party | Senegalese Party of Socialist Action |
| Other political affiliations | French Section of the Workers' International |
| Relatives | Lamine Guèye (grandson) |
| Profession | Lawyer and politician |
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Amadou Lamine-Guèye (20 September 1891 – 10 June 1968) was a Senegalese politician who was the first President of the National Assembly of Senegal from 1960 until his death in 1968. The leader of the Senegalese Party of Socialist Action and a member of the French Section of the Workers' International, he was also a member of the French National Assembly from Senegal between 1946 and 1951, serving alongside associate Léopold Sédar Senghor. He was additionally a member of the Senate from 1958 to 1959.
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.