The Honourable Ilana Neumann |
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Mayor of Sosúa | |
Assumed office 16 August 2010 |
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Preceded by | Vladimir Céspedes Vásquez (from 1996 to 2010) (PLD) |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic for the province of Puerto Plata | |
In office 16 August 2002 – 16 August 2010 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Ilana Neumann Hernández Sosúa, Puerto Plata Province, Dominican Republic |
Political party | Dominican Revolutionary Party |
Spouse(s) | Cyrano Azar |
Mother | Nieves Hernández |
Father | Avi Neumann |
Residence | Sosúa, Club Nautico I |
Alma mater | Unibe |
Profession | Lawyer |
Ethnicity | White Dominican |
Website | Ilana Neumann on Facebook |
Ilana Neumann, in full Ilana Neumann de Azar (b. 1968 or 1969), is a politician and lawyer from the Dominican Republic.
Neumann was born in Sosúa to Avi Neumann (the son of World War II Jewish refugees in the Dominican Republic who is also an Israeli citizen) and Nieves Hernández, both natives to Sosúa.
Neumann was deputy for Puerto Plata Province from 2002 to 2010; elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2006. She is Mayor of Sosúa, elected in 2010, and re-elected in 2016.
Neumann is the first Jewish woman to be elected as mayor in the Dominican Republic.