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Blaise Diagne | |
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 Blaise Diagne in 1921. | |
| Born | 13 October 1872 |
| Died | 11 May 1934 (aged 61) |
| Nationality | Senegalese, French |
Blaise Diagne (13 October 1872 – 11 May 1934) was a French political leader and mayor of Dakar. He was the first person of West African origin elected to the French Chamber of Deputies,[1] and the first to hold a position in the French government.
- ^ Lawrence, Adria K. (2013). Imperial Rule and the Politics of Nationalism: Anti-Colonial Protest in the French Empire. Cambridge University Press. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-107-03709-0.