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Mamadou Dia | |
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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 | Kombolé, French West Africa (now Senegal) | 18 July 1910
Died | 25 January 2009 Dakar, Senegal | (aged 98)
Political party | Senegalese Democratic Bloc |
Mamadou Dia (18 July 1910 – 25 January 2009)[1] 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.