Pereira, Francisca

LC control no.	n 94046980
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Pereira, Francisca *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Located	Guinea-Bissau
Birth date	1942
Place of birth	Bolama-Bijagós (Guinea-Bissau)
Affiliation	Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde Femmes Africa solidarité (Organization) União Democrática das Mulheres da Guiné-Bissau
Profession or occupation	Politicians Public officers
Found in	Francisco Brennand, 1993: p. 6 (Francisca Pereira) African American Studies Center, accessed March 04, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Pereira, Francisca; political figure; born in 1942 in Bolama, Guinea-Bissau; joined the Partido Africano de Independencia de Guinea-Bissau e Cabo Verde (PAIGC) (1959); participated in international meetings, and was for a time based in Algeria, representing the PAIGC at the Pan African Women's Congress; simultaneously served as one of three women on the Supreme Council; became governor of the Bolama region in Guinea-Bissau (1970's), chairperson of the state committee of the city of Bissau, president of the União Democrática das Mulheres (UDEMU, Democratic Union of Women), and member of the Council of State by virtue of that position; minister of women's affairs (1990-1994); vice president of the national assembly (1994-1997); minister of the interior (1997-1999); minister of state, charged with political affairs and diplomacy (2002); worked on peace initiatives as a member of Femmes Africa Solidarité; part of a delegation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2001))