Micheline Golengo

Micheline Golengo
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

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.

Biography

Golengo 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

^ ^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

[AC-1] Regard sur les cinquante dernières années 1965-2015 2009 (62) Adiac Congo, 16 March 2017

[2] Afrique, volumes 36–41, p48

[3] Robert Edmond Ziavoula (2006) Brazzaville, une ville à reconstruire: recompositions citadines p86

[4] Le regard de Mambou Aimée Gnali sur le livre de Martin Mbéri La Semaine Africaine, 20 December 2011

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