Pierrette Kombo Explained

Office1:Member of the National Assembly
Term1:1963–
Constituency1:Brazzaville
Birth Date:9 May 1939
Birth Place:Bangui, Ubangi-Shari
Death Place:Saint-Herblain, France

Pierrette Kombo (9 May 1939 – 29 June 2019) was a Congolese politician. In 1963 she was one of the first group of three women elected to the National Assembly alongside Micheline Golengo and Mambou Aimée Gnali.

Biography

Kombo was born Pierrette Loubaki in May 1939 in Bangui.[1] She married Augustin Kombo.

An active member of the Revolutionary Union of the Women of Congo,[2] she 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]

She died in Saint-Herblain in France in June 2019.[5]

Notes and References

  1. https://deces.matchid.io/id/NmviGnKamjSt LOUKABI Pierette
  2. Maixent Cyr Itoua Ondet (2014) Genre et Paix ! Les Femmes dans la résolution des conflits au Congo-Brazzaville
  3. Robert Edmond Ziavoula (2006) Brazzaville, une ville à reconstruire: recompositions citadines p86
  4. https://lasemaineafricaine.net/index.php/point-de-vue/2399-le-regard-de-mambou-aimee-gnali-sur-le-livre-de-martin-mberi Le regard de Mambou Aimée Gnali sur le livre de Martin Mbéri
  5. https://www.pf-abg.fr/P1220.aspx?IdPer=567275 Madame Pierrette KOMBO née LOUBAKI