# Vincent Auriol - President of the French Republic

URL: https://allhistories.com/senegal/rulers/vincent-auriol
Reign: 16 January 1947 – 16 January 1954
Number in the list: 34
Born-Died: 27 August 1884 (Revel) - 1 January 1966 (Paris)
Dynasty: French Republic
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Auriol

Vincent Auriol, a Socialist, was the first President of the Fourth Republic and President of the French Union. In his term Senegalese politics were transformed by Léopold Sédar Senghor's Bloc démocratique sénégalais, founded in 1948.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Léon Blum](https://allhistories.com/senegal/rulers/leon-blum)
- Next in list: [René Coty](https://allhistories.com/senegal/rulers/rene-coty)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1947 - [Birago Diop's Tales of Amadou Koumba](https://allhistories.com/senegal/timeline/1947-birago-diop-s-tales-of-amadou-koumba)
- 1947 - [Dakar–Niger Railway Strike](https://allhistories.com/senegal/timeline/1947-dakar-niger-railway-strike)
- 1947 - [Présence Africaine Founded](https://allhistories.com/senegal/timeline/1947-presence-africaine-founded)
- 1948 - [Senghor's Anthology of Black Poetry](https://allhistories.com/senegal/timeline/1948-senghor-s-anthology-of-black-poetry)
- 1948 - [Senghor Founds the BDS](https://allhistories.com/senegal/timeline/1948-senghor-founds-the-bds)
- 1951 - [BDS Wins the 1951 Elections](https://allhistories.com/senegal/timeline/1951-bds-wins-the-1951-elections)
- 1954 - [Cheikh Anta Diop's Nations Nègres et Culture](https://allhistories.com/senegal/timeline/1954-cheikh-anta-diop-s-nations-negres-et-culture)