About Amadou Cissé Dia
Lived 1915 – 2002 (aged 87). Amadou Cissé Dia was a Senegalese politician and minister.
Amadou Cissé Dia (2 June 1915 – 1 November 2002) was a Senegalese politician and playwright.
Biography Born in Saint-Louis, Senegal, he wrote plays in French including Les Derniers Jours de Lat Dior, which concerns a griot's praise for Lat-Dior. In politics, Dia served as the second President of the National Assembly from 1968 to 1983, and as Minister of the Interior. He was reportedly nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in the year Willy Brandt won.
He died in Dakar on 1 November 2002 at the age of 87.
Plays La mort du Damel Les derniers jours de Lat Dior
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Senegalese politician (1915–2002)
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Amadou Cissé Dia was born on 2 June 1915 in Saint-Louis.
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Amadou Cissé Dia died on 1 November 2002 in Dakar.
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Amadou Cissé Dia was a politician and minister.
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Amadou Cissé Dia was Senegalese.
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