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Guadeloupean politician (1922–2023)

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Henri Bangou (15 July 1922 – 21 November 2023) was a politician from Guadeloupe, mayor of Pointe-à-Pitre from 1965 to 2008 and Senator of Guadeloupe from 1986 to 1995.

Life and career

Born in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, Bangou became a member of the French Communist Party (PCF) while a medicine student in metropolitan France. He was then a member of the Guadeloupe Communist Party (PCG) when it was established at the beginning of the French Fifth Republic in 1958, and remained a member until 1991, after the fall of communism, when he led the Pointe-à-Pitre section to split and form the social-democratic Progressive Democratic Party of Guadeloupe (PPDG), of which he was the first president.

Bangou held the following political offices:

His wife Marcelle died in June 2014, at the age of 91.

Bangou turned 100 on 15 July 2022, and died on 21 November 2023, at the age of 101.

References

  1. "Marcelle Bangou est décédée". France-Antilles. 22 June 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  2. Vidal, André-Jean (16 July 2022). "Hommage. Henri Bangou a 100 ans !" (in French). Karib'Info. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  3. "Henri Bangou est décédé à l'âge de 101 ans". France-Antilles (in French). 21 November 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.

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