Véronique Aka
Ivorian politician
Véronique Bra Kanon (née Aka; born 16 August 1959) is an Ivorian politician and vice-president of the National Assembly of the Ivory Coast. She was the first woman to be president of an Ivorian regional council, leading the council of Moronou from 2013 to 2018.
Biography
Véronique Aka was born on 16 August 1959, in M'Batto, Ivory Coast; she was one of three children adopted by Félix and Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny. She married former mayor of Daloa and Minister of Agriculture, Denis Bra Kanon at the Château d'Augerville in France on 15 April 2009. Kanon went into cardiac arrest and died on 10 June 2009.
Career
In 2004, Aka set up a real estate company, Sotrapim (La Société de Travaux et de Promotion Immobilière). On 29 March 2006, she founded Mi-Moyé, a microfinance company designed to give loans to women in order for them to overcome poverty and allow them to fulfill their goals.
Political
Since 2006, Aka has been the president of the Réseau des Femmes africaines Ministres et Parlementaires de Côte d'Ivoire (REFAMPCI), a network of female African ministers and parliamentarians in the Ivory Coast. The group's goal is to unite women and fight female poverty.
In 2013, Aka ran as an independent and won in the regional elections for Moronou with 46.18% of the votes (20,459), beating out PDCI candidate, Ahoua N'Doli.
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