Marie Agba-Otikpo

Marie Belkine (born 1 December 1948), commonly known as Marie Agba-Otikpo, is a Central African Republic politician. She was a member of the National Assembly and the head of the Defence and Security Commission (CDS).

Early life and education

Agba-Otikpo was born on 1 December 1948 in Bocaranga. At the start of her career, she worked at the Central African Republic embassy in Paris as a social affairs adviser.[1]

Political career

Aligning herself with President Ange-Félix Patassé, Agba-Otikpo was elected to the National Assembly as the MLPC representative for Ngaoundaye first district in 1998. She received 76.3 percent of the votes, and served as the administrator of the assembly from 1999 to 2000. Agba-Otikpo was reelected on 8 May 2005. She was a member of the Pan-African Parliament from 2005–2011, and a member of the Committee on Health, Labour and Social Affairs.[1] Agba-Otikpo was also a member of REFPAC (Network of Central African Women Parliamentarians) in 2007.[2]

She was defeated at the 2011 parliamentary election.[1] In April 2015, during her position as the President of the Commission of Defense and Security, she was involved in the Bangui police strike.[3]

In the 2015-16 general election, Agba-Otikpo ran for the 2nd Ngaoundaye riding of Ouham-Pendé for the Party for Democratic Governance.[4] After a runoff election in April 2016, she was defeated by Antoine Koirokpi.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bradshaw, Richard; Fandos-Rius, Juan (2016). Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 61.
  2. ↑ "L'association « Centrafrique Sans Frontières » rencontre les députées membres du REFPAC (Réseau des Femmes Parlementaires Centrafricaines).". Sangonet. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Centrafrique/Bangui : Les policiers suspendent temporairement leur mouvement de grève". Centrafrique Presse (in French). 29 April 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Législatives 1er Tour - Liste provisoire des candidats qualifiés pour le 2ème tour" (PDF). anerca.org. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Législatives 2ème Tour - Résulats Provisoires Circonscription(s)" (PDF). anerca.org. Retrieved 24 November 2016.


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