Colette Senghor

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 from 1960 to 1980, as the wife of President Léopold Sédar Senghor following independence in 1960.[1][2]

Colette Senghor
First Lady of Senegal
In office
6 September 1960 – 31 December 1980
PresidentLéopold Sédar Senghor
Preceded byOffice Established
Succeeded byElizabeth Diouf
Personal details
Born
Colette Hubert

(1925-11-20)20 November 1925
Mouzay, Meuse, France
Died19 November 2019(2019-11-19) (aged 93)
Verson, France
SpouseLéopold Sédar Senghor (m. 1957)

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. When in 1960, Senghor became the president of Senegal, she took no public political position, preferring 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.[1][3]

References
  1. "Au Sénégal, dernier hommage à Colette Senghor, épouse et muse de l'ancien président". 28 November 2019.
  2. "Colette Senghor, épouse et muse de l'ancien président du Sénégal, est morte". Le Monde. 20 November 2019.
  3. "Colette Senghor, wife of Senegal's poet-president, dies in France". Al Jazeera. 19 November 2019.
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