| LC control no. | n 85183698 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Diagne, Blaise, 1872-1934 |
| Variant(s) | Diagne, Galaye Mbaye, 1872-1934 |
| Associated country | Senegal |
| Birth date | 1872-10-13 |
| Death date | 1934-05-11 |
| Place of birth | Senegal |
| Place of death | France |
| Affiliation | Chamber of Deputies of the French National Assembly |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Politicians occup. occup. |
| Found in | La Guerre, J.G. Enemies of the empire, 1984: p. 1, etc. (Blaise Diagne, b. in Gorée, Senegal) LC data base, 4/7/86 (hdg.: Diagne, Blaise, 1872-1934) La révolution de 1914 au Sénégal ... 2014- : t. 1, t.p. (Blaise Diagne (de son vrai nom Galaye Mbaye Diagne)) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed January 13, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Diagne, Blaise; government official (foreign); born c.1872 in Dakar, Senegal; enrolled in the secular lycée in Saint-Louis; the first black African elected to Senegal's seat in the Chamber of Deputies of the French National Assembly; became a Freemason; in January 1914 returned to Senegal; in 1914 defeated the métis candidate in the second round of elections; won passage of two major laws recognizing the full legal rights of commune residents; founded the first Western-style political party in Senegal; died 1934, place unknown ) Bibliothèque nationale de France WWW auth. file, Oct. 2, 2020 (hdg.: Diagne, Blaise, 1872-1934 ; b.: 1872-10-13, Gorée (Senegal) ; d.: 1934-05-11, Cambo-les-Bains (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) ; Politician; Mayor of Dakar, deputy of Senegal (1914-1934), Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies (1931-1932)) |
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