Angèle Bandou

Angèle Bandou
Known forFounder and President of the Party of the Poor

Angèle Bandou (died August 26, 2004) was a politician in the Republic of the Congo. She was the founder and President of the Party of the Poor. She was the only female candidate to contest the 1992 Congolese presidential election, and the subsequent election in 2002 where she placed third. Bandou was the first woman to ever stand for presidency in the Republic of the Congo. She was murdered by intruders in her house in 2004.

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