Cécile Kyenge, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Cécile Kyenge

Italian politician and ex-minister

Date of Birth: 28-Aug-1964

Place of Birth: Kambove, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Profession: politician, ophthalmologist

Nationality: Italy, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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Cécile Kashetu Kyenge (Italian pronunciation: [se'sil 'kj??ge]; born Kashetu Kyenge, 28 August 1964) is an Italian politician and ophthalmologist.
She was the Minister for Integration in the 2013–14 Letta Cabinet.
From 2014 until 2018, she was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP).
Kyenge is of Congolese descent. After moving to Italy in 1983 at the age of 19, she became a qualified ophthalmologist in Modena, Emilia-Romagna.
She has founded an intercultural Association (DAWA) to promote mutual awareness, integration and cooperation between Italy and Africa, particularly in her country of birth, the Democratic Republic of Congo.
She is also the spokesperson of the association "March First", which works to promote the rights of migrants in Italy. In February 2013 she was elected member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Democratic Party in Emilia-Romagna.
Two months later she was appointed Minister for Integration in the grand coalition government formed by Enrico Letta, becoming Italy's first black cabinet minister.
She supports the introduction of a Jus soli law to grant citizenship to children of immigrants born on Italian soil.