Mamadou Dia

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. Quotes In my press articles, I presented more and more the problems and claims of the bystanders. I described the misery that reigned among them. We must take care not to prepare for a simple replacement of masters, nor a simple change of scenery, but a profound transformation of structures.""The temptation of easy money, the attraction of financial facilities, can quickly transform a nation that believes itself free into a captive economy. By de-socialising and de-nationalising the Plan... they undermined the foundations for building a self-centred national economy, substituting a model of a captive economy instead. Senegal has decided to leave the Federation of Mali to become a free and independent state. External Links Category:Prime ministers of Senegal Category:1910 births Category:2009 deaths