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Lorenza Matute

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Lorenza Matute
Member of the National Assembly
In office
1968–1971
ConstituencyCorisco

Lorenza Echame Matute was an Equatoguinean politician. In 1968 she was one of the first two women elected to the National Assembly.

Biography

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Of mixed race and Benga descent,[1] in the 1968 parliamentary elections Matute was a candidate for the National Unity Movement in Corisco. She was one of two women elected to the National Assembly alongside Cristina Makoli,[2][1] and subsequently she sat on the Foreign Affairs and Justice committees.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Rafael de Mendizábal Allende (2018) Misión en África. La descolonización de Guinea Ecuatorial (1968-1969) p102
  2. ^ Mart Martin (2000) The Almanac of Women and Minorities in World Politics, p131
  3. ^ Max Liniger-Goumaz (1979) La Guinée équatoriale: un pays méconnu, p157