Jean-Félix Tchicaya was a Congolese politician in the French colony of Middle Congo. He was born in Libreville

Libreville

Libreville is the capital and largest city of Gabon, in west central Africa. The city is a port on the Komo River, near the Gulf of Guinea, and a trade center for a timber region. As of 2005, it has a population of 578,156.- History :...

 on the 9th of November 1903 and a member of the royal family of the Kingdom of Loango.

In 1945, he was elected as the first deputy for Middle-Congo and the Gabon

Gabon

Gabon , officially the Gabonese Republic is a state in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, and with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south. The Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean is to the west...

 in the French National Assembly

French National Assembly

The French National Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of France under the Fifth Republic. The upper house is the Senate ....

, a seat he retained until the end of the French Fourth Republic

French Fourth Republic

The French Fourth Republic was the republican government of France between 1946 and 1958, governed by the fourth republican constitution. It was in many ways a revival of the Third Republic, which was in place before World War II, and suffered many of the same problems...

. He helped found the Congolese Progressive Party

Congolese Progressive Party

The Congolese Progressive Party was a political party in Congo-Brazzaville. It was the first Congolese political party , and the Congolese section of the African Democratic Rally . Until 1950 PPC was closely connected to the French Communist Party. The party was largely based amongst the Vili people...

 (PPC), a Congolese branch of the African Democratic Rally

African Democratic Rally

The African Democratic Rally was a political party in French West Africa, led by Félix Houphouët-Boigny. Founded in Bamako in 1946, the RDA quickly became one of the most important forces for independence in the region. Initially a Pan-Africanist movement, the RDA ceased to function as a...

, in 1946.

He died in Point Noire on January 15, 1961 seeing his rival Fulbert Youlou

Fulbert Youlou

Abbé Fulbert Youlou was a Brazzaville-Congolese Roman Catholic priest, nationalist leader and politician.-Early life:...

gain power over a newly independent Republic of Congo.

External links

• Jean-Félix Tchicaya, Biography at the French National Assembly
• 2nd page on the French National Assembly website