Colette Senghor née Hubert (20 November 1925 –19 November 2019) was a French-born public figure who served as the first

First Lady of Senegal The first lady of Senegal (French language, French: ''Première Dame du Sénégal'') is the title attributed to the wife of the president of Senegal. The country's current first lady is wife of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who had held the p ...

from 1960 to 1980, as the wife of President

Léopold Sédar Senghor Léopold Sédar Senghor ( , , ; 9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese politician, cultural theorist and poet who served as the first president of Senegal from 1960 to 1980. Ideologically an African socialist, Senghor was one ...

following independence in 1960.

Biography

Hubert was born in Mouzay, Meuse, France and came from a family of old Norman nobility. She was introduced to the Léopold Sédar Senghor, then deputy of Senegal and they married in 1957. In 1960, Senghor became the president of Senegal, and she took no public political position but preferred to be interested in his poetic writings. When Senghor left power, the couple went to France, where they stayed in Normandy. She died on November 19, 2019, in Verson, in the western region of Normandy, at their family home.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Senghor, Colette 1925 births 2019 deaths People from Meuse (department) French emigrants to Senegal Senegalese people of French descent First ladies of Senegal