Lamine Guèye, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lamine Guèye

Senegalese politician

Date of Birth: 20-Sep-1891

Place of Birth: Médine, Mali, Kayes Region, Mali

Date of Death: 10-Jun-1968

Profession: politician

Nationality: France, Mali, Senegal

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Lamine Guèye (20 September 1891 in Médine, French Sudan – 10 June 1968 in Dakar) was a Senegalese politician who became leader of the Parti Sénégalais de l'Action Socialiste ("Senegalese Party of Socialist Action").
In 1945 he and his associate, Léopold Sédar Senghor, were elected to represent Senegal in the French National Assembly.
Gueye was also elected to the French Senate in 1958.
He gave his name to the 1946 Lamine Guèye law (Loi Lamine Guèye) which granted French citizenship to all inhabitants of France's overseas colonies.