What is Iba Der Thiam?
'''Iba Der Thiam''', also known as '''I. D. Thiam''' (26 February 1937 – 31 October 2020<ref name=Year>[https://books.google.com/books?id=QzEuAAAAIAAJ&q=Iba+Der+Thiam+26+1937&dq=Iba+Der+Thiam+26+1937&ei=E-VXSo-0J5KAzgTYzPwi ''Africa year book and who's who''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724204641/https://books.google.com/books?id=QzEuAAAAIAAJ&q=Iba+Der+Thiam+26+1937&dq=Iba+Der+Thiam+26+1937&ei=E-VXSo-0J5KAzgTYzPwi |date=2021-07-24 }} (1977), page 1,339.</ref>), was a [[Senegal]]ese writer, historian, and politician. He was in the government of Senegal as Minister of Education from 1983 to 1988. He was First Vice-President of the [[National Assembly of Senegal]] from 2001 to 2012. Thiam was born in [[Kaffrine]], [[Senegal]]. He was a member of the [[Convention of Democrats and Patriots]] and the [[Senegalese Democratic Party]]. Thiam died on 31 October 2020 in [[Dakar]], [[Senegal]] at the age of 83.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-31|title=Dernière minute: Iba Der Thiam n'est plus|url=https://galsen221.com/derniere-minute-iba-der-thiam-nest-plus/|access-date=2020-10-31|website=Galsen221|language=fr-FR}}{{Dead link|date=April 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Thiam, Iba Der}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Senegalese politicians]] [[Category:Senegalese writers]] [[Category:Historians]] {{bio-stub}}