Hortense Aka-Anghui
Hortense Aka-Anghui | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Port-Bouët | |
| In office 1980–2017 | |
| Minister for Women's Affairs | |
| In office 1986–1990 | |
| President of the Association des Femmes Ivoiriennes | |
| In office 1984–1991 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hortense Dadié (1933年12月18日)December 18, 1933 |
| Died | September 30, 2017(2017年09月30日) (aged83) |
| Party | Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire – African Democratic Rally |
| Relatives | Bernard Dadié (brother) |
| Education | University of Paris |
Hortense Aka-Anghui (December 18, 1933 – September 30, 2017) was an Ivorian politician.[1]
Born Hortense Dadié in Agboville,[2] Aka-Anghui was the sister of Bernard Dadié.[3]
She was elected to the National Assembly as a member of the Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire – African Democratic Rally in 1965, later serving as vice-president of the Assembly and remaining a member until 1990.[4] With Gladys Anoma and Jeanne Gervais, she was one of the first women elected to that body.[5]
From 1980 to 2017, she served as mayor of Port-Bouët.[4] [6] She also served as the Minister for Women's Affairs from 1986 to 1990, and from 1984 until 1991 as president of the Association des Femmes Ivoiriennes. She also served as a member of the Central Committee and the Political Bureau of her political party.
Aka-Anghui trained, as a pharmacist, earning a doctorate from the University of Paris in 1961, and operated a pharmacy and medical laboratory in Treichville, in which town she had been raised, prior to entering politics.[3]
References
[edit ]- ↑ "Le Pdci en deuil : Hortense Aka Anghui, maire de Port-Bouët, est décédée" (in French). 2017年09月30日. Retrieved 2017年10月10日.
- ↑ "Alerte Infos :: Au "royaume" de Port-Bouët à Abidjan, la "reine" se nomme Aka Anghui (BIO-PORTRAIT)". alerte-info.net. Archived from the original on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- 1 2 Cyril K. Daddieh (9 February 2016). Historical Dictionary of Cote d'Ivoire (The Ivory Coast). Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 70–. ISBN 978-0-8108-7389-6.
- 1 2 "Hortense AKA-ANGUI". hortenseaka-anghui.ci. Archived from the original on 21 April 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ↑ Kathleen E. Sheldon (2005). Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5331-7.
- ↑ PREMITICA (31 July 2017). "Mairie de Port-Bouët/ Plus de 30 ans après: Voici le successeur de Hortense Aka Anghui - Ivoire Times". Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
See also
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- 1933 births
- 2017 deaths
- Members of the National Assembly (Ivory Coast)
- Government ministers of Ivory Coast
- Women's ministers of Ivory Coast
- Mayors of places in Ivory Coast
- Women mayors of places in Ivory Coast
- 20th-century Ivorian women politicians
- 20th-century Ivorian politicians
- 21st-century Ivorian women politicians
- 21st-century Ivorian politicians
- Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire – African Democratic Rally politicians
- Ivorian pharmacists
- University of Paris alumni
- People from Agboville
- People from Abidjan
- Women government ministers of Ivory Coast
- Women pharmacists
- 20th-century pharmacists
- Ivorian expatriates in France
- Ivorian politician stubs