Esperança Muthemba
Mozambican independence activist and politician
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Esperança Abiatar Muthemba was a Mozambican independence activist and politician. In 1977 she was one of the first group of women elected to the People's Assembly.
Esperança Muthemba | |
|---|---|
| Member of the People's Assembly | |
| In office 1977– | |
| Constituency | Nampula |
Biography
During the Mozambican War of Independence Muthemba was involved with the underground movements in Lourenço Marques.[1] After being arrested in João Belo by the PIDE, she was exiled to Muecate in Nampula Province, where she was required to report to the administration on a daily basis.[2] In 1967 she began working for the Credito Agricola de Nampula as a bookkeeper.[2]
Following independence in 1975, she was a FRELIMO candidate in the 1977 parliamentary elections and was one of the first group of 27 women elected to the People's Assembly.[3] Re-elected in 1986, she was a substitute member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Council.[4] She also served as the secretary of the Maputo branch of the Organization of Mozambican Women.[5]