title: Monica Chitupila
text: # Monica Chitupila
  
  Monica Chitupila was a Mozambican independence activist and politician. In 1977 she was one of the first group of women elected to the People's Assembly.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Chitupila was originally from Niassa Province. She became involved in the independence struggle, starting her training in 1967 in Nachingwea and rising to become the Provincial Commander of the FRELIMO Female Detachment in Niassa. Chitupila was a FRELIMO candidate in the 1977 parliamentary elections, in which she was one of the first group of 27 women elected to the People's Assembly. An employee of Fábrica Continental de Borracha, she was re-elected in 1986 and became the longest serving member of the FRELIMO central committee.
  
  