The Party of the Poor was founded in 1991, by the nun and politician Angèle Bandou, formerly a member of the Rassemblement pour la Défense des Pauvres et des Chomeurs au Congo.
As the first ever woman to do so in Congo-Brazzaville, she ran for president in the 1992 presidential election, receiving less than 1% of the popular vote.
[2] Bandou and the Party of the Poor ran again for president, in the 2002 presidential election.
[3] On 26 August 2004, Angèle Bandou was assassinated by unknown assailants in her home.
[4][5] According to some sources, the murder was carried out on orders of President Denis Sassou Nguesso.