Isabel Martins

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Isabel Martins
Member of the People's Assembly
In office
1977–

Isabel Martins was a Mozambican politician. In 1977 she was one of the first group of women elected to the People's Assembly.

Biography

During the Mozambican War of Independence she travelled to Algeria, [1] where FRELIMO fighters receive training. She was a FRELIMO candidate in the 1977 parliamentary elections, [2] in which she was one of the first group of 27 women elected to the People's Assembly. [3] She married Camilo de Sousa; one of their children, Camila Maissune de Sousa, became a well-known artist. [4]

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References

  1. Jacinto Veloso (2012) Memories at Low Altitude: The Autobiography of a Mozambican Security Chief
  2. Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa issues 1857–1867, p42
  3. Mart Martin (2000) The Almanac of Women and Minorities in World Politics, p267
  4. Delinda Collier Body and flesh: Camila Maissune’s ‘3x4’