title: Lorenza Matute
text: # Lorenza Matute
  
  Lorenza Echame Matute was an Equatoguinean politician. In 1968 she was one of the first two women elected to the National Assembly.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Of mixed race and Benga descent, in the 1968 parliamentary elections Matute was a candidate for the National Unity Movement in Corisco. She was one of two women elected to the National Assembly alongside Cristina Makoli, and subsequently she sat on the Foreign Affairs and Justice committees.
  
  