Alexandre Denguet Atticky (1937? – 30 January 2013) was a Congolese politician. Under the single-party rule of the Congolese Labour Party (PCT), he served in the government of Congo-Brazzaville as Minister of Labour from 1971 to 1975 and was Ambassador to France in the late 1970s. From 2002 to 2012, Denguet Atiki was a Deputy in the National Assembly, and he was also President of the Parliamentary Group of the Presidential Majority from 2007 to 2012.
Political career
Denguet Atticky was born at Owando in Cuvette Department. After studying in Brazzaville, he began working at the National Social Security Fund; subsequently he worked with trade unions. In the late 1960s, he was a member of the Executive Bureau of the Congolese Trade Union Confederation (Confédération Syndicale Congolaise, CSC) and was the CSC's Federal Secretary for Education; in that capacity, he was the workers' delegate representing Congo-Brazzaville at the International Labour Conference. He was also a member of the Economic and Social Council of Congo-Brazzaville. Denguet Atiki was Political Counsellor at the Congolese Embassy to France in the early 1970s, and subsequently he was appointed to the Congolese government as Minister of Labour on 16 December 1971.
Denguet Atticky's ministerial responsibilities were expanded when he was appointed as Minister of Labour and Justice in place of Moudileno-Massengo 11 August 1972, and he was also elected to the PCT Central Committee in 1972. Denguet was retained in his post as Minister of Labour and Justice on 30 August 1973.
At a CSC congress in May 1974, Denguet Atticky warned managers that they were required to cooperate with labour unions and that they faced dismissal if they did not. However, he tempered his admonishment to management by warning that "anarchic unionists who try to systematically undermine the authority of directors" would be seriously punished.
Later, on 9 January 1975, Denguet Atticky's portfolios were again modified when he was appointed as Minister of Labour and Social Insurance, in charge of Industry. He was replaced by Pierre Ngaka in December 1975 and subsequently was Director-General of the National Office of Commerce.
Denguet Atticky's political fortunes declined following the assassination of President Marien Ngouabi in March 1977. Ngouabi's successor, Joachim Yhombi-Opango, appointed Denguet Atiki as Ambassador to France later in 1977, and Denguet Atiki presented his credentials to French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing on 20 October 1977. While posted in Paris, he was additionally accredited as Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO. He was dropped from the PCT Central Committee in 1979.
Denguet Atticky was Director-General and Chairman of the Board of the Congolese Timber Office in the late 1980s. At the PCT's Fourth Ordinary Congress, held on 26–31 July 1989, Denguet Atiki regained a seat on the PCT Central Committee. He was also named as the PCT's Political Commissioner for Kouilou Region at that time.
Activities during the 2002–2007 parliamentary term
At the time of the March 2002 presidential election, Denguet Atticky supported President Denis Sassou Nguesso and worked as his local campaign director for the Poto-Poto district of Brazzaville. He then stood as the PCT candidate for the third constituency of Poto-Poto in the May 2002 parliamentary election, and he won the seat in the second round of voting, held in June 2002.
In the National Assembly, Denguet Atticky was designated as First Vice-President of the Health, Social Affairs, and Environment Commission on 24 August 2002. He met with his constituents in Poto-Poto in March 2003 to discuss the work of the National Assembly's first session and the establishment of a parliamentary peace committee that was intended to facilitate peace in the Pool Region. Within the ruling party, Denguet Atiki served as President of the PCT's Section 3, based in Poto-Poto.
Meeting with constituents on 11 February 2004, Denguet Atticky discussed the work of the National Assembly's seventh and eighth special sessions; in particular, he explained how government funding was being allotted in Brazzaville and he described two new laws intended to maintain and improve the condition of the country's roads. On 21 September 2004, he condemned vandalism in Poto-Poto, urging the people to be vigilant and vowing that the vandals would be punished. He also used the occasion to discuss draft laws with his constituents and stressed the government's commitment to maintaining peace.