Seydou Cissokho

Seydou Cissokho (September 6, 1929 – March 10, 1986) was a Senegalese politician.

Youth Cissokho was born at Bakel. His father worked as a blacksmith. He also became a member of the African Democratic Rally (RDA). Following the ban on the party in 1960, Cissokho was active in underground organizing work. In 1967 an extraordinary conference placed Cissokho at the helm of a provisional committee to lead the party. Within the party Cissokho represented a hard-line, pro-Soviet Marxist-Leninist position. Cissokho played an important role in organizing the first conference of Communist and Workers' Parties of Tropical and Southern Africa.

Cissokho died in Moscow whilst visiting the 1986 Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.