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Wangari Maathai

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Wangari Maathai

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Wangari Muta Maathai (Swahili: Wangari Muta Maathai, April 1, 1940 - September 25, 2011), a Kenyan social activist, the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner, and a master's degree in biological sciences from the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. She is a founder of the Green Belt Movement and the African Alliance for Debt Relief Movements, and is a former member of the Kenyan Parliament.

Category
Political figures
Nationality
British Kenya
Born
1940-04-01
Died
2011-09-25
Wikidata
Q46795
Occupations teacherpoliticianphilanthropistbiologistenvironmentalist
Aliases MaathaiWangari MaathaiWangari MaathaïWangari Muta MaathaiWangariMaathaiWangari MaathaiWangari Maathai

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