Guene was born in 1939 in
Dakar, Senegal. She was educated at Hameth Fall College in
Saint-Louis, then studied at the Cours Normal School in
Rufisque, training to become a teacher. Guene joined the
Senegalese Progressive Union (UPS) on 9 June 1964 and was elected treasurer of the first national women's bureau. She served as Minister of Social Developmentin the
Cabinet of Senegal from 20 October 1987 to 5 April 1988. In 1988, Guene's house in
Thiès was attacked during a national state of emergency. Guene died during her term in office on 19 January 1991 in Dakar, aged 52. == References ==