The Senegalese Socialist Party (french: Parti Socialiste Sénégalais) was a

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Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

(at the time part of

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). PSS was founded in July 1934 by Lamine Guèye, 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 Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar metropolitan area is estimated at 3.94 million in 2 ...

) 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

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. 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. {{Authority control Political parties established in 1934 Socialist parties in Senegal