Maka Kotto
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Maka Kotto MNA |
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| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Bourget | |
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Assumed office May 12, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Diane Lemieux |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Saint-Lambert |
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In office June 28, 2004 – March 13, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Yolande Thibeault |
| Succeeded by | Josée Beaudin |
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December 7, 1961 Douala, Cameroon |
| Political party | Bloc Québécois, Parti Québécois |
| Spouse(s) | Caroline St-Hilaire |
| Residence | Montreal |
| Profession | author, stage director |
Maka Kotto (born December 7, 1961), is a politician of Cameroonian descent from Quebec, Canada who is a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Bourget. From 2012 to 2014, he served as the Minister of Culture and Communications. A former member of the Canadian House of Commons for the Bloc Québécois, Kotto is also a published author and has appeared in films.
Kotto was born in Douala, Cameroon, and graduated from high school at Lycée Henri-Martin in Saint-Quentin, France. He studied law, politics, dramatic art and cinema in Nanterre, Bordeaux and Paris.
Before becoming a politician Kotto was an author, actor, and stage director. He appeared in the 1989 movie Comment faire l'amour avec un nègre sans se fatiguer (How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired), based on the novel by Dany Laferrière. He also appeared in a second film in 2000, Lumumba, starring as Joseph Kasa-Vubu.
Kotto was also an educator in dramatic art for nearly 15 years in France and Quebec.
Kotto was elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing the Bloc Québécois in the 2004 Canadian federal election. In that election, he defeated incumbent Liberal MP Yolande Thibeault and five other candidates. Upon winning the Saint-Lambert riding, Kotto became the first black Canadian Member of Parliament for the Bloc. He was re-elected two years later winning a comfortable, but reduced, popular vote and a much larger plurality in the 2006 Canadian federal election. He defeated five other candidates to win his second term in office.
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