In 1945 he and his associate, Léopold Sédar Senghor, were elected to represent Senegal in the French National Assembly.

Amadou Lamine-Guèye was born in Médine, French Sudan (now part of Mali), on 20 September 1891.

[3] Upon his return to Africa, Guèye founded a political party[clarification needed] and became mayor of Saint-Louis, Senegal, in 1924.

[2] He became leader of the French Socialist Party in Senegal in 1937, and was elected as one of two Senegalese representatives to the National Assembly alongside Léopold Senghor in 1944.

[3] Guèye lost his seat in the Assembly in 1951 elections after Senghor left to form his own party.