- Ricardo Lumengo
Ricardo Lumengo (born
22 February ,1962 ) is aSwiss politician , member of the Social Democratic Party of thecanton of Berne .Lumengo was born 1962 in
Lussenga ,Angola . He was a student activist in Angola from 1979. Persecuted by the dos Santos government, he was forced to emigrate in 1982, entering Switzerland as anasylum seeker . He was recognized as arefugee and granted permanent residence. He studied law at theUniversity of Fribourg .Lumengo was naturalized as a Swiss citizen in 1997 in
Fribourg , and was elected to theBiel municipal council in 2004, and in 2006 to the cantonal council of Berne.In the 2007 federal election, he was elected to theSwiss National Council , as the country's first national councillor of African origin (although there had been a councillor of mixed Swiss-African ancestry before:Tilo Frey , served 1971–1975), and the first former asylum seeker to be elected into the council.External links
* [http://www.ricardolumengo.ch Personal website]
*parliament.ch|3894|language=German
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