# Auguste Denise - PDCI co-founder and minister

URL: https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/rulers/auguste-denise
Term: 1944–1960
Number in the list: 88
Born-Died: 1906 - 
Dynasty: Côte d'Ivoire
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Denise

Early Ivorian political organiser who worked with Houphouët-Boigny in the Syndicat Agricole Africain and in the first PDCI. He was a territorial councillor and held ministerial posts after the loi-cadre reforms.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Jean-Baptiste Mockey](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/rulers/jean-baptiste-mockey)
- Next in list: [Nanan Kouakou Djiê II](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/rulers/nanan-kouakou-djie-ii)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1944 - [Brazzaville Conference outlines colonial reform](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1944-brazzaville-conference-outlines-colonial-reform)
- 1944 - [West African tirailleurs land in Provence](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1944-west-african-tirailleurs-land-in-provence)
- 1944 - [Syndicat Agricole Africain founded by Houphouët-Boigny](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1944-syndicat-agricole-africain-founded-by-houphouet-boigny)
- 1944 - [Thiaroye massacre of demobilised tirailleurs](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1944-thiaroye-massacre-of-demobilised-tirailleurs)
- 1945 - [Houphouët-Boigny elected to the French Constituent Assembly](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1945-houphouet-boigny-elected-to-the-french-constituent-assembly)
- 1946 - [Abidjan grows into a city of tens of thousands](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1946-abidjan-grows-into-a-city-of-tens-of-thousands)
- 1946 - [French colonial indigénat code abolished](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1946-french-colonial-indigenat-code-abolished)
- 1946 - [Foundation of the PDCI at Abidjan](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1946-foundation-of-the-pdci-at-abidjan)
- 1946 - [Abolition of forced labour (Houphouët-Boigny law)](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1946-abolition-of-forced-labour-houphouet-boigny-law)
- 1946 - [Lamine Guèye law extends French citizenship](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1946-lamine-gueye-law-extends-french-citizenship)
- 1946 - [Bamako congress founds the RDA](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1946-bamako-congress-founds-the-rda)
- 1946 - [French Union replaces the empire under the Fourth Republic](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1946-french-union-replaces-the-empire-under-the-fourth-republic)
- 1947 - [RDA allies with the French Communists in parliament](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1947-rda-allies-with-the-french-communists-in-parliament)
- 1947 - [Upper Volta restored as a separate colony](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1947-upper-volta-restored-as-a-separate-colony)
- 1948 - [André Latrille appointed Governor of Côte d'Ivoire](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1948-andre-latrille-appointed-governor-of-cote-d-ivoire)
- 1948 - [ASEC Mimosas football club founded in Abidjan](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1948-asec-mimosas-football-club-founded-in-abidjan)
- 1949 - [Treichville meeting clash between PDCI and police](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1949-treichville-meeting-clash-between-pdci-and-police)
- 1949 - [PDCI leaders arrested and held at Grand-Bassam](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1949-pdci-leaders-arrested-and-held-at-grand-bassam)
- 1949 - [Wave of arrests, dismissals and trials against the PDCI](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1949-wave-of-arrests-dismissals-and-trials-against-the-pdci)
- 1949 - [Women's march on Grand-Bassam](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1949-women-s-march-on-grand-bassam)
- 1950 - [Bernard Dadié publishes Afrique debout and survives prison](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1950-bernard-dadie-publishes-afrique-debout-and-survives-prison)
- 1950 - [Dimbokro riot and shootings](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1950-dimbokro-riot-and-shootings)
- 1950 - [Vridi canal opens the lagoon to the sea](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1950-vridi-canal-opens-the-lagoon-to-the-sea)
- 1950 - [Houphouët-Boigny breaks with the communists and turns to Paris](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1950-houphouet-boigny-breaks-with-the-communists-and-turns-to-paris)
- 1951 - [Houphouët and the RDA Rapprochement With Paris](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1951-houphouet-and-the-rda-rapprochement-with-paris)
- 1951 - [Houphouët Re-elected in French Legislative Elections](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1951-houphouet-re-elected-in-french-legislative-elections)
- 1951 - [Port of Abidjan Opens Through the Vridi Canal](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1951-port-of-abidjan-opens-through-the-vridi-canal)
- 1952 - [RDA Alliance With Mitterrand's UDSR](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1952-rda-alliance-with-mitterrand-s-udsr)
- 1952 - [PDCI Sweeps the 1952 Territorial Assembly Election](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1952-pdci-sweeps-the-1952-territorial-assembly-election)
- 1954 - [Railway Reaches Ouagadougou](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1954-railway-reaches-ouagadougou)
- 1955 - [Coffee and Cocoa Price Stabilisation Fund Created](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1955-coffee-and-cocoa-price-stabilisation-fund-created)
- 1955 - [Houphouët Popularises 'France-Afrique'](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1955-houphouet-popularises-france-afrique)
- 1956 - [Bernard Dadié Publishes Climbié](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1956-bernard-dadie-publishes-climbie)
- 1956 - [Houphouët Becomes a French Government Minister](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1956-houphouet-becomes-a-french-government-minister)
- 1956 - [Loi-Cadre Defferre Grants Internal Autonomy](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1956-loi-cadre-defferre-grants-internal-autonomy)
- 1957 - [1957 Elections and the First Ivorian Government Council](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1957-1957-elections-and-the-first-ivorian-government-council)
- 1958 - [Houphouët Joins de Gaulle's Government as Minister of State](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1958-houphouet-joins-de-gaulle-s-government-as-minister-of-state)
- 1958 - [Referendum on the French Community](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1958-referendum-on-the-french-community)
- 1958 - [Autonomous Republic Proclaimed](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1958-autonomous-republic-proclaimed)
- 1959 - [Constitution of the Autonomous Republic and Houphouët as Prime Minister](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1959-constitution-of-the-autonomous-republic-and-houphouet-as-prime-minister)
- 1959 - [Conseil de l'Entente Founded](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1959-conseil-de-l-entente-founded)
- 1960 - [Franco-Ivorian Agreements on Independence](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1960-franco-ivorian-agreements-on-independence)
- 1960 - [Independence of Côte d'Ivoire](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1960-independence-of-cote-d-ivoire)
- 1960 - [Admission to the United Nations](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1960-admission-to-the-united-nations)
- 1960 - [Constitution of the First Republic](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1960-constitution-of-the-first-republic)
- 1960 - [Houphouët-Boigny Elected First President](https://allhistories.com/ivory-coast/timeline/1960-houphouet-boigny-elected-first-president)