What is Jeanne Martin Cissé?
'''Jeanne Martin Cissé''' (6 April 1926 – 21 February 2017) was a [[Guinea]]n teacher and nationalist [[politician]]. She served as [[ambassador]] to the United Nations and in 1972 was the first woman to serve as [[President]] of the [[United Nations Security Council]]. She served in the government of Guinea as Minister of Social Affairs from 1976 until the 1984 military [[coup]]. Cissé was born in [[Kankan]], Guinea.<ref name=pawo>{{cite magazine|title=Madam Cisse: A sister at the UN|magazine=Afrika Must Unite|year=1972|volume=2|number=14|first=Ruwa|last=Chiri|url=http://www.aaprp-intl.org/pdfs/Pan_African_Women's_Day_Newsletter.pdf|access-date=2017-02-23|archive-date=2017-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204171720/http://www.aaprp-intl.org/pdfs/Pan_African_Women%27s_Day_Newsletter.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> She studied at the École Normale d'Institutrices de [[Rufisque]] in [[Dakar]], [[Senegal]], where she trained to become a teacher.<ref name=HDG>{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Guinea|year=2013|publisher=Scarecrow Press|first1=Mohamed Saliou|last1=Camara|first2=Thomas|last2=O'Toole|first3=Janice E.|last3=Baker|pages=79–80|isbn=9780810879690|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TfcKAgAAQBAJ}}</ref> Cissé died on 21 February 2017 in [[Conakry]], Guinea, aged 90.<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|title=ACTUALITÉS Décès de Jeanne Martin Cissé : Communiqué du Ministère de l'Action Sociale, de la Promotion Féminine et de l'Enfance|work=Le Rassembleur|date=21 February 2017|access-date=22 February 2017|author=Government Communication Unit|url=https://mosaiqueguinee.com/2017/02/22/deces-de-jeanne-martin-cisse-communique-du-ministere-de-laction-sociale-de-la-promotion-feminine-et-de-lenfance/|archive-date=22 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222194701/https://mosaiqueguinee.com/2017/02/22/deces-de-jeanne-martin-cisse-communique-du-ministere-de-laction-sociale-de-la-promotion-feminine-et-de-lenfance/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cis