Amadou Cissé Dia

Amadou Cissé Dia (2 June 1915 – 1 November 2002) was a Senegalese politician and playwright.

[1] Born in Saint-Louis, Senegal, he wrote plays in French including Les Derniers Jours de Lat Dior, which concerns a griot's praise for Lat-Dior.

[2] In politics, Dia served as the second President of the National Assembly from 1968 to 1983,[3] and as Minister of the Interior.

He was reportedly nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in the year Willy Brandt won.

[4] He died in Dakar on 1 November 2002 at the age of 87.