Antoinette Sassou Nguesso

Antoinette Sassou Nguesso
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 (1945-05-07) 7 May 1945 (age 79) Brazzaville, French Congo
Political party	Congolese Party of Labour
Spouse	Denis Sassou Nguesso ​ ​ (m. 1969)​

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.