“The K.O. truck will run over my body. I am willing to die here,” Soglo shouted in a crowd of voters. - Rosine Soglo

About Rosine Soglo

Rose-Marie Honorine Vieyra (7 March 1934 – 25 July 2021) was a Beninese politician. Soglo served as First Lady of Benin from 1991 to 1996 during the presidency of her husband, she was born into a family of the elite community of Afro-Brazilian returnees to Benin Nicéphore Soglo. Rosine’s father, who encouraged her to excel, sent her to France at the age of twelve for her education. There, as a high school student, she met Nicéphore Dieudonné Soglo, a fellow Beninese and member of a prominent branch of the royal family of Dahomey, She is considered the first lady of Benin of the democratic era following Benin's transition to a multi-party democracy.

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