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Mamadou Dia

1910 - 2009

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Mamadou Dia (18 July 1910 – 25 January 2009) was a Senegalese politician who served as the first Prime Minister of Senegal from 1957 until 1962, when he was forced to resign and was subsequently imprisoned amidst allegations that he was planning to stage a military coup to overthrow President Léopold Sédar Senghor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mamadou Dia is the 14,582nd most popular politician (down from 14,496th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Senegal (down from 20th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Senegalese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mamadou Dia ranks 14,582 out of 19,576. Before him are Brent Scowcroft, Dmitry Sipyagin, Nikolai Baibakov, Ali Shah Durrani, Abu Hafs Umar al-Murtada, and Roque González Garza. After him are Teatao Teannaki, John M. Clayton, Tariq al-Hashimi, Constantin Angelescu, Freundel Stuart, and Irakli Garibashvili.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Mamadou Dia ranks 262. Before him are Paul Sweezy, Mary Lou Williams, Barys Kit, David Dunlap, Alicia Markova, and Vladas Mikėnas. After him are Ralph Metcalfe, Georges Beuchat, Tefta Tashko-Koço, Sulo Bärlund, Willy Ronis, and William Higinbotham. Among people deceased in 2009, Mamadou Dia ranks 240. Before him are Pierre Chaunu, Harry Patch, Teddy Mayer, Lukas Foss, Shota Chochishvili, and Anna Yegorova. After him are René Bliard, John Mayhew, José Luis López Vázquez, Ron Asheton, Corín Tellado, and David Eddings.

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In Senegal

Among people born in Senegal, Mamadou Dia ranks 21 out of 138. Before him are Patrice Evra (1981), Jean-Pierre Adams (1948), Théodore-Adrien Sarr (1936), Souleymane Sané (1961), Mame Madior Boye (1940), and Safi Faye (1943). After him are Ba Mamadou Mbaré (1946), Jacques Diouf (1938), Mahammed Dionne (1959), Aminata Sow Fall (1941), Idrissa Gueye (1989), and Didier Raoult (1952).

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Among POLITICIANS In Senegal

Among politicians born in Senegal, Mamadou Dia ranks 7. Before him are Abdoulaye Wade (1926), Ségolène Royal (1953), Abdou Diouf (1935), Macky Sall (1961), Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow (1921), and Mame Madior Boye (1940). After him are Ba Mamadou Mbaré (1946), Mahammed Dionne (1959), Fatma Samoura (1962), Habib Thiam (1933), Aminata Touré (1962), and Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré (1951).

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