Lamine Guèye

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 (Loi Lamine Guèye) which granted French citizenship to all inhabitants of France's overseas colonies.

Early life Amadou Lamine-Guèye was born in Médine, in French Sudan (now part of Mali) on 20 September 1891. He was educated in France, where he graduated as a lawyer in 1921. He was the grandson of Bacre Waly Gueye, a prominent merchant and political figure in 19th-century Saint-Louis, Senegal, who was the first African member of the General Council and a recipient of the Légion d'honneur. He was the first African with a doctorate in French law.

Political career

Upon his return to Africa, Guèye founded a political party and became mayor of Saint-Louis, Senegal, in 1924.

Lamine-Guèye was an advocate for Senegalese assimilation with France. He was antifascist and pro-women's rights.

Family and private life He was the grandfather of Senegalese alpine skier Lamine Guèye.