Raphaël Etifier (24 October 1889, in
Le Prêcheur
Le Prêcheur (; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Pwéchè) is a village and commune in the French overseas department, region and island of Martinique.
Asthon Tardon (1882-1944), father of Manon Tardon, was mayor of the community; their family's ...
– 10 July 1966, in
Paris
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) was a communist politician from
Martinique
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who was elected in 1947 to represent the
République du Moyen-Congo in the French senate from 1947 to 1948. After study at the lycée
Victor Schœlcher
Victor Schœlcher (; 22 July 1804 – 25 December 1893) was a French abolitionist, writer, politician and journalist, best known for his leading role in the abolition of slavery in France in 1848, during the Second Republic.
Early life
Schœlche ...
in
Fort-de-France, he was admitted to the École nationale des Arts et métiers of
Aix-en-Provence, after which he worked as an engineer in public works in colonial Africa.
[Frédéric Grah Mel - '']Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Félix Houphouët-Boigny (; 18 October 1905 – 7 December 1993), affectionately called Papa Houphouët or Le Vieux ("The Old One"), was the first president of Ivory Coast, serving from 1960 until his death in 1993. A tribal chief, he wo ...
'' 2003 "... Henri Guissou de la Haute-Volta, Mohamadou Djibrilla Maïga du Niger, Mathurin Anghiley du Gabon, Raphaël Etifier du Moyen-Congo et Ali Djamah de la Côte française des Somalis. L'Assemblée de l'Union française compte pour sa part ..
References
Raphaël Etifier page on the French senate website
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Martiniquais politicians
French communists
French senators of the Fourth Republic
French people of Martiniquais descent
1889 births
1966 deaths
Senators of French Equatorial Africa