Élise Thérèse Gamassa

Élise Thérèze Gamassa, née M'Boumba (February 3, 1942 – September 23, 2023) was a Congolese politician who campaigned for women's rights in the Congo.

Teaching career Thérèze Gamassa came from a modest family in Sibiti. She studied at the teacher training college in Mouyondzi (Bouenza) and then worked at the École des cadres in Brazzaville from 1962 to 1974, then at the École Félix-Tchikaya in Pointe-Noire until 1976.

As a young woman, she joined the Union générale des étudiants du Congo (UGEC).

In July 1991, Pascal Lissouba created the Pan-African Union for Social Democracy (UPADS)

From July 28 to 31, 2010, she coordinated the National Women's Forum in Brazzaville,

Publications

Decorations

October 6, 2023: a tribute was paid to her in the presence of the administrator-mayor of Komono, PCT central committee member Hortance Bouanga and the President of the Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso. February 4, 1988: elevated to the title of Grand Officer of the Congolese Order of Merit, after having been made Commander by decree n°88/080