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Colette Senghor née Hubert (20 November 1925 –19 November 2019) was a French-born public figure who served as the first First Lady of Senegal from 1960 to 1980, as the wife of President Léopold Sédar Senghor following independence in 1960. [1] [2]
Léopold Sédar Senghor (/ s ɒ ŋ ˈ ɡ ɔːr / song-GOR, French: [leɔpɔl sedaʁ sɑ̃ɡɔʁ]; 9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese politician, cultural theorist and poet who served as the first president of Senegal from 1960 to 1980.
Senegal's inaugural first lady, Colette Hubert Senghor, wife of President Léopold Sédar Senghor, was from France. [1] [2] The country's second first lady, Elizabeth Diouf, is the daughter of a Lebanese father and a Senegalese mother. [1] Like Colette Senghor, Viviane Wade, Senegal's third first lady, is an ethnic French woman from France. [1]
Augustin Senghor (born 1965), Senegalese politician; Blaise Senghor (1932–1976), Senegalese film director, nephew of Léopold Sédar Senghor; Colette Senghor (1925–2019), French public figure and First Lady of Senegal as the wife of Léopold Sédar Senghor; Constance Senghor (born 1963), Senegalese athlete
At the end of the World Festival of Black Arts, at Lemoine's request, Senegalese President Léopold Sédar Senghor offered him political asylum. [2] [4] Lemoine and his wife settled in the country, where they would obtain citizenship in 1976. [1] [2]
In 1970, Senghor reinstated the post of prime minister, giving it to Diouf, his protégé. Senghor trusted Diouf, who had administrative experience but no independent power base. [2] This was important, for Senghor's last prime minister, Mamadou Dia, was accused of using the position to launch a coup d'état. On 1 January 1981, Senghor resigned ...
In 1933, Suzanne Roussi traveled to Toulouse for her first year of preparatory school and in 1934, she moved to Paris to continue her studies. There, she met Léopold Sédar Senghor, who introduced her to Aimé Césaire in 1936. [2] [3] On July 10, 1937, Suzanne and Aimé Césaire married at the town hall of the 14th arrondissement in Paris. [4]
After passing his baccalauréat in Senegal, Diagne was admitted to the demanding public secondary school Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris, following in the footsteps, almost a half-century later, of his compatriot and the first president of Senegal, Léopold Sédar Senghor.