Sylvette Frichot

Sylvette Frichot, sometimes Sylvette Frichot-Pool or Sylvette Pool (born 1945) is a former politician in the Seychelles.

Frichot trained in her youth as a teacher, but soon found that she was paid much less than men. In 1966 she joined the Seychelles People's United Party, for which group she began doing clerical work; she was later appointed a principal coordinator, and in 1968 found the party's Women's League, of which she was elected chair from 1970 to 1977. She has also held a number of leadership positions in the wider party. In 1989 she became the Minister of Information, Culture, and Sports; her agency was later renamed the Ministry of Local Government, Youth, and Sports. She has represented her country at numerous international youth and sports conferences.[1] Frichot is known as a confidant of France-Albert René, with whom she and Rita Sinon worked closely during the early years of the republic.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Kathleen E. Sheldon (2005). Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa. Scarecrow Press. pp. 1–. ISBN 978-0-8108-5331-7.
  2. ↑ Kevin Shillington (2014). Albert René: The Father of Modern Seychelles : a Biography. UWA Publishing. pp. 167–. ISBN 978-1-74258-612-0.
  3. ↑ "Syvette Pool: Did She Jump Or Was She Pushed?". Seychellesweekly.com. Retrieved 2017-09-12.


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