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
President	Léopold Sédar Senghor
Preceded by	Office Established
Succeeded by	Elizabeth Diouf
Personal details
Born	Colette Hubert (1925-11-20)20 November 1925 Mouzay, Meuse, France
Died	19 November 2019(2019-11-19) (aged 93) Verson, France
Spouse	Léopold Sédar Senghor (m. 1957; died 2001)

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. In 1960, Senghor became the president of Senegal, and she took no public political position but preferred 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]