The Senegalese Socialist Party (french: Parti Socialiste Sénégalais) was a
political party in
Senegal (at the time part of
French West Africa
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). PSS was founded in July 1934 by
Lamine Guèye Lamine Gueye may refer to:
* Amadou Lamine-Guèye (1891–1968), Senegalese politician
* Lamine Guèye (skier)
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, as a split from the
French Section of the Workers' International
The French Section of the Workers' International (french: Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière, SFIO) was a political party in France that was founded in 1905 and succeeded in 1969 by the modern-day Socialist Party. The SFIO was found ...
(SFIO). Guèye was the party president, Armand Angrand (former mayor of
Dakar) general secretary and Maître Vidal, Charles Graziani and Amadou Assane Ndoye vice-presidents.
The first congress of PSS was held on June 30, 1935, and the second November 24 the same year.
PSS published ''Clartés''.
In 1936, PSS joined the
Popular Front. Ahead of the elections PSS formed its own combat groups, to protect their meetings.
In 1937, a joint list of SFIO and PSS won the municipal elections in
Saint-Louis. Maître Vidal became mayor.
The congress of PSS held June 4–5, 1938, decided to merge the party with SFIO. Following that decision, a June 11–12 congress of the new federation of SFIO was held in
Thiès
Thiès (; ar, ثيس, Ṯyass; Noon: ''Chess'') is the third largest city in Senegal with a population officially estimated at 320,000 in 2005. It lies east of Dakar on the N2 road and at the junction of railway lines to Dakar, Bamako and St-L ...
.
Sources
*Zuccarelli, François. ''La vie politique sénégalaise (1789–1940)''. Paris: Cheam 1988.
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Political parties established in 1934
Socialist parties in Senegal