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Wangari Muta Maathari
Wangari Maathai, fundadora del Movimiento Cinturón Verde.

 
Wangari Muta Maathai (British Nyeri, Kenya, on April 1, 1940 - Nairobi, Kenya, 25 September 2011) was a Kenyan environmentalist and political activist of the ethnic kĩkũyũ, and the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for "her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace". In 1977 he founded the movement green belt (Green Belt Movement), which in 1986 won the award well livestock livelihoods. She was elected member of the Parliament of Kenya (lower of the Assembly National Chamber) where she worked as an Assistant of the Minister of environment and natural resources during the Government of President Mwai Kibaki between January 2003 and November 2005. Also formed part of the Council of honour of the World Future Council. He died in 2011 of ovarian cancer.