First Lady of the Republic of the Congo

First Lady of the
Republic of the Congo
Incumbent
Antoinette Sassou Nguesso
since October 25, 1997
Inaugural holderMarie Massamba-Debat [fr]
FormationAugust 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 [fr] 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 [fr] 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 [fr] April 24, 1977 February 5, 1979 Joachim Yhombi-Opango
Antoinette Sassou Nguesso February 8, 1979 August 31, 1992 Denis Sassou Nguesso First tenure as first lady
Jocelyne Lissouba [fr] August 31, 1992 August 25, 1997 Pascal Lissouba Lissouba, born Marie-Jocelyne Rosdam, was a French national
Antoinette Sassou Nguesso August 31, 1997 Present Denis Sassou Nguesso

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ [1] [permanent dead link] Biography of Émilienne Raoul from the Congolese Consulate in New Delhi.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
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