Léopold Sédar Senghor
Appearance
Léopold Sédar Senghor | |
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1st Preses o Senegal | |
In office 6 September 1960 – 31 December 1980 | |
Prime Meenister | Abdou Diouf |
Precedit bi | Office creatit |
Succeedit bi | Abdou Diouf |
Personal details | |
Born | 9 October 1906 Joal, French Wast Africae (present-day Senegal) |
Dee'd | 20 December 2001 Verson, Fraunce | (aged 95)
Poleetical pairty | Socialist Pairty o Senegal |
Spoose(s) | Colette Hubert Senghor (m. 1957–2001); his daith |
Alma mater | Varsity o Paris |
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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Léopold Sédar Senghor (9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) wis a Senegalese poet, politeecian, an cultural theorist who for twa decades served as the first preses o Senegal (1960–80).
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- 1906 births
- 2001 daiths
- Preses o Senegal
- Govrenment meenisters o Fraunce
- Cauld War leaders
- Lycée Louis-le-Grand alumni
- Members o the Académie française
- Naitional anthem writers
- Senegalese politeecians
- Senegalese poets
- Prix mondial Cino Del Duca winners
- French militar personnel o Warld War II
- Collars o the Order o Isabella the Catholic