Henri Bangou
Henri Bangou | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Pointe-à-Pitre | |
| In office 1965–2008 | |
| Succeeded by | Jacques Bangou |
| Senator of Guadeloupe | |
| In office 1986–1995 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 15, 1922 Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France |
| Died | November 21, 2023 (aged 101) |
| Political party |
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| Spouse | Marcelle Bangou (died 2015) |
| Children | Jacques Bangou |
| Occupation | Politician, physician |
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:
- First deputy mayor of Pointe-à-Pitre from 1959 to 1965
- Mayor of Pointe-à-Pitre from 1965 to 2008. He was succeeded by his son Jacques Bangou, who remained mayor until 2019.
- General councillor of Guadeloupe from 1967 to 1989
- Regional councillor of Guadeloupe from 1975 to 1986
- Senator of Guadeloupe from 1986 to 1995.
His wife Marcelle (born 1924) died in June 2015, at the age of 91.
Bangou turned 100 on 15 July 2022,[1] and died on 21 November 2023, at the age of 101.[2]
References
- ^ Vidal, André-Jean (16 July 2022). "Hommage. Henri Bangou a 100 ans !" (in French). Karib'Info. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ "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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