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Fily Dabo Sissoko

Died in 1964

Fily Dabo Sissoko was born on 15 May 1900 in Horokoto, in the cercle of Bafoulabé, or in 1897 according to another source; a Malinke, he was the son of a traditional chief. Trained at the William Ponty teacher-training school on Gorée, he taught in Bafoulabé, then succeeded his father as canton chief in 1933. Elected deputy in 1945 and re-elected until 1956, under-secretary of state in November 1948, president of the territorial assembly in 1954, he led a conservative party. Arrested in 1962, sentenced to death and then to life detention, he died on 30 June 1964 near Kidal, in obscure circumstances.

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