Henri Bangou

Henri Bangou (15 July 1922 – 21 November 2023) was a politician from Guadeloupe, mayor of Pointe-à-Pitre from 1965 to 2008 and Senator of Guadeloupe from 1986 to 1995.

Life and career

Born in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, Bangou became a member of the French Communist Party (PCF) while a medicine student in metropolitan France. He was then a member of the Guadeloupe Communist Party (PCG) when it was established at the beginning of the French Fifth Republic in 1958, and remained a member until 1991, after the fall of communism, when he led the Pointe-à-Pitre section to split and form the social-democratic Progressive Democratic Party of Guadeloupe (PPDG), of which he was the first president.

Bangou held the following political offices:

• First deputy mayor of Pointe-à-Pitre from 1959 to 1965
• Mayor of Pointe-à-Pitre from 1965 to 2008. He was succeeded by his son Jacques Bangou, who remained mayor until 2019.
• General councillor of Guadeloupe from 1967 to 1989
• Regional councillor of Guadeloupe from 1975 to 1986
• Senator of Guadeloupe from 1986 [fr] to 1995 [fr].

His wife Marcelle died in June 2014, at the age of 91.^[1]

Bangou turned 100 on 15 July 2022,^[2] and died on 21 November 2023, at the age of 101.^[3]

References

1. "Marcelle Bangou est décédée". France-Antilles. 22 June 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
2. Vidal, André-Jean (16 July 2022). "Hommage. Henri Bangou a 100 ans !" (in French). Karib'Info. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
3. "Henri Bangou est décédé à l'âge de 101 ans". France-Antilles (in French). 21 November 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.

Sources

• Page on the French Senate website