Antoinette Sassou Nguesso | |
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 Sassou Nguesso in 2011 | |
| First Lady of the Republic of the Congo | |
Current | |
| Assumed role 31 August 1997 | |
| President | Denis Sassou Nguesso |
| Preceded by | Jocelyne Lissouba |
| In role 8 February 1979 – 31 August 1992 | |
| President | Denis Sassou Nguesso |
| Preceded by | Marie-Noëlle Yhombi-Opango |
| Succeeded by | Jocelyne Lissouba |
| First Lady of African Union | |
| In role 24 January 2006 – 24 January 2007 | |
| President | Denis Sassou Nguesso |
| Preceded by | Stella Obasanjo (2005) |
| Succeeded by | Theresa Kufuor |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Antoinette Loemba Tchibota 7 May 1945 Brazzaville, French Congo |
| Political party | Congolese Party of Labour |
| Spouse | |
Antoinette Sassou Nguesso (née Tchibota; born 7 May 1945 in Brazzaville) is a Congolese retired teacher and public figure who became the First Lady of the Republic of the Congo in 1997 as the wife of President Denis Sassou Nguesso. She had also been First Lady from 1979 to 1992 during her husband's first presidential tenure.