Dorothée Aimée Malenzapa, a Central African politician, women’s activist, and professor, died on December 23, 2025.
Born in 1951, she served during Bozize’s administration as Minister of International Cooperation, Regional Integration and Francophonie from 2011 to 2013 and as Minister of Rural Development in 2013. Malenzapa also worked as a professor of African literature at the École Normale Supérieure de Bangui and was an ambassador to the Francophonie in Paris from 1993 to 1998.
While serving as ambassador, she founded the Association of Women Educators for Development in the Central African Republic in 1994.
Dorothée Aimée Malenzapa (1951 – 23 December 2025) was a Central African politician, women’s activist, and professor. During Bozize’s administration, she served as Minister of Rural Development (2013) and Minister of International Cooperation, Regional Integration and Francophonie (2011–2013).