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[edit]

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[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

[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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