Justina Gaspar was a Mozambican politician. In 1977 she was one of the first group of women elected to the People's Assembly.

Justina Gaspar
Member of the People's Assembly
In office
1977–1986
Personal details
Died30 March 1986
Pemba, Mozambique

Gaspar was a FRELIMO candidate in the 1977 parliamentary elections, in which she was one of the first group of 27 women elected to the People's Assembly.[1] She was killed on 30 March 1986 when an air force transport plane she was travelling in crashed during takeoff from an airport in Pemba airport.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Mart Martin (2000) The Almanac of Women and Minorities in World Politics, p267
  2. ^ AIM Information Bulletin, issues 114–125, p10