Teresa Romão Tembo was a
Mozambican politician. In 1977 she was one of the first group of women elected to the
People's Assembly.
Biography
Tembo was a
FRELIMO candidate in the
1977 parliamentary elections, in which she was one of the first group of 27 women elected to the People's Assembly. She also served on the party's central committee.
[ A founder member of the ]Organization of Mozambican Women
The Organization of Mozambican Women ( ''OMM'') is the women's section of FRELIMO. Founded in 1973, during the Mozambican War of Independence, in recognition of women's growing roles in the conflict against Portuguese colonialism, the OMM was creat ...
, she later became its general secretary.[''Mozambiquefile: A Mozambique News Agency Monthly'', issues 174–197, p6] In 2006 she was appointed to the Council of State.Council of state sworn in
Mozambique News Agency AIM Reports
References
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Date of birth unknown
20th-century Mozambican women politicians
20th-century Mozambican politicians
FRELIMO politicians
Members of the Assembly of the Republic (Mozambique)
Possibly living people