Marie Thérèse Mbaïlemdana is a Chadian politician who served as the first woman

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of the metropolitan city of

N'Djamena N'Djamena ( ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Chad, largest city of Chad. It is also a Provinces of Chad, special statute region, divided into 10 districts or ''arrondissements'', similar to the city of Paris. Originally calle ...

. Her term in office was characterized by

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allegations. On 3 August 2011, Mbaïlemdana and two of her officials - the director of finance affairs and the municipal collector - were arrested by the police and taken to the N'Djamena remand center following their indictment of misappropriation of public funds and property to the tune of 1.2 billion

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. She was held in detention for three months before being released on health grounds in October 2011.

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