Teresa Tembo

Tembo was a FRELIMO candidate in the 1977 parliamentary elections,^[1] in which she was one of the first group of 27 women elected to the People's Assembly.^[2] She also served on the party's central committee.^[3] A founder member of the Organization of Mozambican Women, she later became its general secretary.^[3] In 2006 she was appointed to the Council of State.^[4]