“Rafiatou Karimou”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

Rafiatou Karimou was born in 1946 in Sakété, in the south of present-day Benin, then Colony of Dahomey. She began to campaign in her youth in the General Union of Pupils and Students of Dahomey (UGEED) before engaging in politics. In 1975, she was the first woman to be appointed district chief in Benin and in 1989, she became the first woman minister in her country after she was appointed Minister of Public Health by President Mathieu Kérékou.^[4]

She held this position until 1990. She was appointed minister again from 2003 to 2006, this time to head the portfolio of Minister of Primary and Secondary Education.^[5]^[6]

She first got elected into the Benin National Assembly in 1999, and returned to parliament in 2003 representing the African Movement for Development and Progress political party. She later resigned from the party after becoming a minister citing reasons of lack of transparency in the running of her country.^[7]

Karimou was one of two people injured in an accident on the Bassila highway on December 14, 2008 when the vehicle in which they were riding lost control after a tire burst. Five people were killed in the accident, among them former ambassador to Canada and government minister Véronique Ahoyo.^[8]

Throughout her political career, Rafiatou Karimou has been an advocate for women engaging in politics. During an interview in March 2017, she challenged women to go beyond playing supporting roles.^[9] She died on 4 January 2018 in Paris, aged 71.^[10]

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1. ^{{cite web|url=http://news.acotonou.com/h/104825.html|title=Décès de Karim Rafiatou hier à Paris La première femme ministre du Bénin n’est plus|publisher=|accessdate=1 May 2018}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://bj.jolome.com/news/article/le-fed-de-karimou-rafiatou-se-prononce-actualite-politique-au-benin-77|title=Le FED de Karimou Rafiatou se prononce: Actualité politique au Bénin {{!}} Jolome News - La pluralité de l'information|website=bj.jolome.com|language=fr-FR|access-date=2017-11-07}}
3. ^{{Cite news|url=https://lanouvelletribune.info/archives/benin/politique/5785-la-nouvelle-carte-politique-de-sakete|title=La nouvelle carte politique de Sakété|last=rédaction|first=La|work=La Nouvelle Tribune|access-date=2017-11-07|language=fr-FR}}
4. ^¹{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com.gh/books?id=1bf0oAEACAAJ&dq=9789991914114&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiUqNWim6zXAhWSo6QKHV-FCOYQ6AEIJDAA|title=Femmes et pouvoir politique au Benin des origines dahoméennes a nos jours|last=Attanasso|first=Marie-Odile|date=2013|publisher=Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung|isbn=9789991914114|language=fr}}
5. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com.gh/books?id=0yGPTsRubWEC&redir_esc=y|title=Historical Dictionary of Benin|last=Houngnikpo|first=Mathurin C.|last2=Decalo|first2=Samuel|date=2013|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9780810871717|language=en}}
6. ^{{Cite book|url=http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/benin/10194.pdf|title=Femmes et pouvoir politique au Bénin : Des origines dahoméennes à nos jours|last=Marie-Odile|first= Attanasso C.|last2=|first2=|date=2012|publisher=Fondation Friedrich Ebert|isbn=|language=fr}}
7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.panapress.com/Beninese-minister-Rafiatou-Karimou-quits-her-party--13-578371-17-lang2-index.html|title=Beninese minister Rafiatou Karimou quits her party|website=www.panapress.com|access-date=2017-11-30}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://sergedavid.skyrock.com/2192015933-Accident-tragique-sur-la-route-de-Bassila-Veronique-Ahoyo-decede.html|title=Accident tragique sur la route de Bassila : Véronique Ahoyo décède,...|first=|last=sergedavid|date=14 December 2008|publisher=|accessdate=1 May 2018}}
9. ^{{Cite news|url=https://lanouvelletribune.info/archives/benin/societe/32333-femmes-politique-rafiatou-karimou|title=Bénin: " Les femmes boudent la chose politique " dixit Rafiatou Karimou|last=Mensah|first=Pascal|work=La Nouvelle Tribune|access-date=2017-11-07|language=fr-FR}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=https://beninwebtv.com/2018/01/benin-lancienne-ministre-rafiatou-karimou-decedee-de-suite-dune-longue-maladie/|title=Bénin : l’ancienne ministre Rafiatou Karimou est décédée de suite d'une longue maladie|date=5 January 2018|publisher=|accessdate=1 May 2018}}

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