Monica Chitupila
Mozambican independence activist and politician
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Monica Chitupila was a Mozambican independence activist and politician. In 1977 she was one of the first group of women elected to the People's Assembly.
Monica Chitupila | |
|---|---|
| Member of the People's Assembly | |
| In office 1977– | |
| Constituency | Maputo City |
Biography
Chitupila was originally from Niassa Province.[1] She became involved in the independence struggle,[2] starting her training in 1967 in Nachingwea and rising to become the Provincial Commander of the FRELIMO Female Detachment in Niassa.[3] Chitupila was a FRELIMO candidate in the 1977 parliamentary elections,[4] in which she was one of the first group of 27 women elected to the People's Assembly.[5] An employee of Fábrica Continental de Borracha,[6] she was re-elected in 1986 and became the longest serving member of the FRELIMO central committee.[2]