Julienne Keutcha (21 October 1924 – 2000) was a Cameroonian politician. In 1960 she was the first woman elected to the

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of French Cameroon.

Biography

Keutcha was born in 1924 in the village of Ngwatta near

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Ici Cameroon She graduated from a beauty institute in

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, and became a childcare worker. She married Jean Keutcha, who later became a minister and ambassador. She was a candidate in the 1960 parliamentary elections and became the first woman elected to the National Assembly. She remained in office until 1972. During her time in parliament she was secretary of the Bureau and sat on the Foreign Affairs Committee. She also became a member of the bureau of the

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and was the only woman member of the committee at the time.Mark Dike DeLancey, Mark W. Delancey & Rebecca Neh Mbuh (2019
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p291 She died in 2000.The Founding Mothers
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References

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