title: Maria Rafael
text: # Maria Rafael
  
  Maria Lizia Rafael was a Mozambican politician. In 1977 she was one of the first group of women elected to the People's Assembly.
  
  ## Biography
  
  A member of the FRELIMO central committee, Rafael 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.
  
  