Maria Irausquin-Wajcberg
Maria Irausquin-Wajcberg | |
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 Irausquin-Wajcberg at the opening of Saba Airport in 1964 | |
| Member of the Island Council | |
| In office 1963–1967 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 September 1897 |
| Died | 15 April 1979 (aged 81) |
Maria Irausquin-Wajcberg (13 September 1897 – 15 April 1979) was an Aruban politician. In 1963 she became the first woman to be elected to Aruba Island Council.
Biography
Irausquin-Wajcberg was married twice. She had two children with her first husband, Isaac Pinkus, with whom she ran a shop called Pinkus Store in San Nicolaas from the 1930s. She later married Juancho Irausquin (1905–1962), a prominent Aruban politician. At the time of his death in 1962, he was Minister of Finance and Welfare of the Netherlands Antilles and leader of the Aruban Patriotic Party (PPA).[1]
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1967,[3] and subsequently retired from politics. She died in 1979 and was buried in the Jewish cemetery in Oranjestad
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References
- ^ Minister Irausquin overleden Het Parool, 21 June 1962
- ^ Mevrouw M. Yrausquin lid van Eilandsraad Amigoe di Curacao, 15 May 1963
- ^ Vier eilandsraadleden keren zeker niet terug Amigoe di Curacao, 4 March 1967