Teresa Tembo Explained

Office1:Member of the People's Assembly
Term1:1977–

Teresa Romão Tembo was a Mozambican politician. In 1977 she was one of the first group of women elected to the People's Assembly.

Biography

Tembo was a FRELIMO candidate in the 1977 parliamentary elections,[1] in which she was one of the first group of 27 women elected to the People's Assembly.[2] She also served on the party's central committee. A founder member of the Organization of Mozambican Women, she later became its general secretary.[3] In 2006 she was appointed to the Council of State.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=plZEAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA9-PA41 Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa
  2. Mart Martin (2000) The Almanac of Women and Minorities in World Politics, p267
  3. Mozambiquefile: A Mozambique News Agency Monthly, issues 174–197, p6
  4. http://www.poptel.org.uk/mozambique-news/newsletter/aim311.html Council of state sworn in