First Lady of the Republic of the Congo
Political position in the Republic of Congo
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
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]
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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
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