Félix Tchicaya

Jean-Félix Tchicaya (Known as "Jean-Félix Tchicaya")

First Congolese Deputy to French National Assembly (1945–1958), Founder of PPC, Vice-President of RDA

Born 1903-11-09

Libreville, Gabon

Passed Away 1961-01-15 Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo

Lifespan 57 years old

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"Our struggle was to give the African worker and peasant a voice in the halls where laws are made."

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First Congolese deputy elected to the French Parliament in 1945 and co-founder of the Rassemblement Démocratique Africain (RDA) alongside Houphouët-Boigny, founding the Parti Progressiste Congolais.

Biographical Record

Jean-Félix Tchicaya was born on November 9, 1903, in Libreville to a prominent Vili family from Pointe-Noire. Educated at the École normale William Ponty in Dakar, Tchicaya served as a non-commissioned officer in the Free French forces during World War II.

In 1945, he made history by being elected the first native deputy from Middle Congo to the French National Assembly in Paris, serving continuously until 1958. In 1946, he co-founded the Parti Progressiste Congolais (PPC) and was elected Vice-President of the Pan-African RDA at the Bamako Congress. He is honored as the founding father of modern parliamentary democracy in the Republic of the Congo.

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Final Resting Place

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Pointe-Noire Central Cemetery
Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo

                         GPS: -4.7800, 11.8600                    

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