Micheline Golengo (13 September 1940 – 13 February 2009) was a Congolese politician. In 1963 she was one of the first group of three women elected to the National Assembly alongside Pierrette Kombo and Mambou Aimée Gnali.
Micheline Golengo | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 1963– | |
| Constituency | Brazzaville |
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office –2009 | |
| Constituency | Cuvette-Ouest |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 September 1940 Brazzaville, Moyen-Congo |
| Died | 13 February 2009 (aged 68) Choisy-le-Roi, France |
Biography
editGolengo was born in Brazzaville in 1940.[1] Initially a primary school teacher, she entered the diplomatic service in 1960.[1] She and her sister Victoire were the first two Congolese women parachutists.[2]
Golengo joined the National Movement of the Revolution (MNR) and was a candidate for the party in the 1963 parliamentary elections. With no opposition contesting the elections, she was elected to the National Assembly from the Brazzaville constituency,[3] becoming one of the first group of three women to enter parliament.[4] After joining the Congolese Party of Labour, the successor to the MNR, she later served as a Senator for Cuvette-Ouest.
She died in Choisy-le-Roi in France in February 2009.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Regard sur les cinquante dernières années 1965-2015 2009 (62) Adiac Congo, 16 March 2017
- ^ Afrique, volumes 36–41, p48
- ^ Robert Edmond Ziavoula (2006) Brazzaville, une ville à reconstruire: recompositions citadines p86
- ^ Le regard de Mambou Aimée Gnali sur le livre de Martin Mbéri La Semaine Africaine, 20 December 2011