First Lady of the Republic of the Congo
| First Lady of the Republic of the Congo | |
|---|---|
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| Inaugural holder | Marie Massamba-Debat |
| Formation | August 16, 1963 |
The First Lady of the Republic of the Congo (French: Première Dame de la République du Congo) is the title attributed to the wife of the president of the Republic of the Congo.[1][2] The country's current first lady is Antoinette Sassou Nguesso, wife of President Denis Sassou Nguesso, who had held the position since October 25, 1997.[2] There has been no first gentleman of the Republic of the Congo to date.
List of first ladies of the Republic of the Congo[edit]
| Name | Portrait | Term Began | Term Ended | President | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position vacant | August 15, 1960 | August 15, 1963 | Fulbert Youlou | President Youlou, a Roman Catholic priest, was unmarried. | |
| Marie Massamba-Debat | August 16, 1963 | September 4, 1968 | Alphonse Massamba-Débat | Born c. 1928, Marie Massamba-Debat was the first First Lady of the Republic of Congo.[3] She died on October 13, 1993, in Nantes, France.[3] | |
| ? | September 5, 1968 | January 1, 1969 | Alfred Raoul | Alfred Raoul married Émilienne Raoul prior to his death in 1999.[4] | |
| Clotilde Ngouabi | January 1, 1969 | March 18, 1972 | Marien Ngouabi | Clotilde Ngouabi (née Martin[5]), who was from Walscheid, France, was President Ngouabi's first wife. The couple married in 1962 and had two children before their divorce in 1972.[5][6] | |
| Céline Ngouabi | December 31, 1972 | March 18, 1977 | Marien Ngouabi | Céline Ngouabi was President Ngouabi's second wife. The couple married in 1972, shortly after his divorce from Clotilde.[5] | |
| Marie-Noëlle Yhombi-Opango | April 24, 1977 | February 5, 1979 | Joachim Yhombi-Opango | ||
| Antoinette Sassou Nguesso | 
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February 8, 1979 | August 31, 1992 | Denis Sassou Nguesso | First tenure as first lady |
| Jocelyne Lissouba | August 31, 1992 | August 25, 1997 | Pascal Lissouba | Lissouba, born Marie-Jocelyne Rosdam, was a French national | |
| Antoinette Sassou Nguesso |
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August 31, 1997 | Present | Denis Sassou Nguesso |
References[edit]
- ^ Kouassi, Carole (2016-06-27). "La Première dame du Congo convoquée devant la justice ce lundi, aux Etats-Unis". Africanews. Archived from the original on 2019-03-03. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ^ a b Kouassi, Carole (2016-06-27). "Congo-Brazza: la Première dame ne s'est pas rendue à la convocation des avocat". Radio France Internationale. Archived from the original on 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ^ a b Wilfried Douniama, Perfect (2019-11-23). "Souvenir : un hommage à Marie Massamba-Débat, première "première dame" du Congo". Agence d'Information d'Afrique Centrale. Archived from the original on 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
- ^ [1] [permanent dead link] Biography of Émilienne Raoul from the Congolese Consulate in New Delhi.
- ^ a b c "La boite à archives 1977: Clotilde Martin, de Walscheid, première dame du Congo". Le Républicain Lorrain. 2017-03-18. Archived from the original on 2019-01-05. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ^ Sanz, Lionel (2017-09-15). "Clotilde Marin-Ngouabi, la petite ouvrière lorraine devenue première dame du Congo". DMCARC. Archived from the original on 2017-10-03. Retrieved 2019-03-03.