Hortense Aka-Anghui

Hortense Aka-Anghui (December 18, 1933 – September 30, 2017) was an Ivorian politician.[1]

Born Hortense Dadié in Agboville,[2] Aka-Anghui was the sister of Bernard Dadié.[3] She was elected to the National Assembly as a member of the Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire – African Democratic Rally in 1965, later serving as vice-president of the Assembly and remaining a member until 1990;[4] with Gladys Anoma and Jeanne Gervais she was one of the first women elected to that body.[5] From 1980 until 2017, she served as mayor of Port-Bouët.[4][6] She also served as the Minister for Women's Affairs from 1986 to 1990, and from 1984 until 1991 as president of the Association des Femmes Ivoriennes. She also served as a member of the Central Committee and the Political Bureau of her political party. Aka-Anghui trained as a pharmacist, earning a doctorate from the University of Paris in 1961, and operated a pharmacy and medical laboratory in Treichville, in which town she had been raised, prior to entering politics.[3]

References
  1. "Le Pdci en deuil : Hortense Aka Anghui, maire de Port-Bouët, est décédée" (in French). 2017-09-30. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
  2. "Alerte Infos :: Au "royaume" de Port-Bouët à Abidjan, la "reine" se nomme Aka Anghui (BIO-PORTRAIT)". alerte-info.net. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  3. Cyril K. Daddieh (9 February 2016). Historical Dictionary of Cote d'Ivoire (The Ivory Coast). Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 70–. ISBN 978-0-8108-7389-6.
  4. "Hortense AKA-ANGUI". hortenseaka-anghui.ci. Archived from the original on 21 April 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  5. Kathleen E. Sheldon (2005). Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5331-7.
  6. PREMITICA (31 July 2017). "Mairie de Port-Bouët/ Plus de 30 ans après: Voici le successeur de Hortense Aka Anghui - Ivoire Times". Retrieved 29 September 2017.


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