Teresa Amuli
Teresa Amuli | |
|---|---|
| Member of the People's Assembly | |
| In office 1977– | |
| Constituency | Niassa Province |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 20 November 2008 Maputo, Mozambique |
Teresa Amuli Nhalingue (died 20 November 2008) was a Mozambican politician. In 1977 she was one of the first group of women elected to the People's Assembly.
Biography
[edit]Originally from Niassa Province, Amuli joined the FRELIMO movement in 1965 at the age of 18.[1] She was a FRELIMO candidate in the 1977 parliamentary elections,[2] in which she was one of the first group of 27 women elected to the People's Assembly.[3] She was re-elected to the Assembly in 1986 from Niassa Province.[4]
She died of a brain tumor at Maputo Central Hospital in November 2008.[1] A secondary school in Espungabera was named for her.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Guebuza Pays Tribute to Late Guerrilla Commander AllAfrica, 24 November 2008
- ^ Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa issues 1857–1867, p41
- ^ Mart Martin (2000) The Almanac of Women and Minorities in World Politics, p267
- ^ 4.° Suplemento Boletim da República, 22 September 1987