Minister of Social Affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
In office 31 October 1966 – 6 December 1970
Personal details
Born
Sophie Madeline Kanza
8 February 1940 Léopoldville, Belgian Congo
Died
2 April 1999(1999-04-02) (aged 59) Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Political party
Mouvement Populaire de la Révolution
Spouse
Marcel Lihau
(m. 1964)
Children
6
Alma mater
University of Geneva Harvard University
Sophie Lihau-Kanza or Zala Lusibu N'Kanza (8 February 1940 – 2 April 1999) was a Congolese politician and sociologist. She was the first woman of her country to receive a secondary education, the first to graduate from a university, and the first to hold a government office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, serving as Minister of Social Affairs from 31 October 1966 to 6 December 1970. In her later life she held positions within the United Nations.
Sophie Lihau-Kanza or Zala Lusibu N'Kanza (8 February 1940 – 2 April 1999) was a Congolese politician and sociologist. She was the first woman of her country...
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and singer. Ray Lema, France-based pianist, guitarist, and songwriter. SophieKanza, first Congolese woman to obtain a university degree (politician and...
Between 1929 and 1940 Kanza had seven children with Élisabeth Mansangaza, including future sociologist and politician SophieKanza and future politician...
wife of Joseph Kabila Daniel Kanza, independentist leader, politician and first gouvernor of the city of Kinshasa SophieKanza, first woman minister of Democratic...
married future politician SophieKanza on 26 December 1964. They had six daughters: Elisabeth, Anne, Irene, Catherine, Rachel and Sophie. The couple separated...
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Jose Maria Sison, Filipino activist and theorist (d. 2022) 1940 – Sophie Lihau-Kanza, Congolese politician (d. 1999) 1940 – Ted Koppel, English-American...
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politician, inaugural president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Sophie Lihau-Kanza (1940–1999), Congolese politician and sociologist, inaugural first...
to Tiny Warrior, prince of the Wachootoo tribe. Portrayed by Sophie Okonedo. Princess Kanza Omar Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Portrayed by Alma M. Pappas...
Emil Jensen Seong-Hye Jeong Irene de Juan Daria Kameneva Yukino Kano Macha Kanza Kiryl Keduk Nikolay Khozin Denis Khusainov Joon Kim Ohnul Kim Sang-Won Kim...
2011–) Kanza family (father-children) Daniel Kanza (Bourgmestre of Léopoldville, 1960–62, and vice-president of the ABAKO) Sophie Lihau-Kanza (Secretary...
on the Aboriginal culture of the Kimberley region in Australia and the Kanza, Osage and Pawnee Plains Indian tribes in the United States. Collaborating...
attack. Julio Alberto Hernández, 98, Dominican composer and pianist. Sophie Lihau-Kanza, 59, Congolese politician and sociologist, cardiac arrest. Charlie...
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