Raphaël Etifier (24 October 1889, in

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– 10 July 1966, in

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) was a communist politician from

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who was elected in 1947 to represent the République du Moyen-Congo in the French senate from 1947 to 1948. After study at the lycée

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, he was admitted to the École nationale des Arts et métiers of

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, after which he worked as an engineer in public works in colonial Africa.Frédéric Grah Mel - ''

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'' 2003 "... Henri Guissou de la Haute-Volta, Mohamadou Djibrilla Maïga du Niger, Mathurin Anghiley du Gabon, Raphaël Etifier du Moyen-Congo et Ali Djamah de la Côte française des Somalis. L'Assemblée de l'Union française compte pour sa part ..

References

Raphaël Etifier page on the French senate website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Etifier, Raphael Martiniquais politicians French communists French senators of the Fourth Republic French people of Martiniquais descent 1889 births 1966 deaths Senators of French Equatorial Africa