Kalthouma Nguembang

[1] According to reports from the colonial French government, Nguembang joined the Chadian Progressive Party early on.

The leader of the CPP, Gabriel Lisette, acknowledged her as an important figure in the early years of the party.

[1] In 1964, she visited the United States, with Bourkou Louise Kabo, as part of a delegation of Chadian parliamentarians.

[1] In 1959, Tombalbaye succeeded Lisette as leader of the CPP and initially he and Nguembang were allies, unlike his relations with other women members of the party, like Hadjé Halimé, who he had imprisoned and tortured.

[1] Nguembang married Tahir Abdeldjelil, who was a member of the Chadian Progressive Party and related to the sultanate of Wadai.