Mamadou Dia , The first Prime Minister of Senegal has died today at the age of 99. The cause of death was announced as natural causes. Dia died in Dakar , the capitol of Senegal. Dia started life in politics as a leader in the Afrique occidentale française (AOF) in 1948, shortly before being elected as a senator in 1949. He retired his senate seat in 1955 when he was appointed prime minister by the French National Assembly to serve alongside the newly elected president Léopold Sédar Senghor. His time served as prime minister was often controversial and his radical socialist views often clashed with those of the more moderate Senghor.
 , The first Prime Minister of Senegal has died today at the age of 99. The cause of death was announced as natural causes. Dia died in , the capitol of Senegal. Dia started life in politics as a leader in the (AOF) in 1948, shortly before being elected as a senator in 1949. He retired his senate seat in 1955 when he was appointed prime minister by the to serve alongside the newly elected president Léopold Sédar Senghor. His time served as prime minister was often controversial and his radical views often clashed with those of the more moderate Senghor.
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