Ilana Neumann Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Ilana Neumann
Birth Name:Ilana Neumann Hernández
Office:Mayor of Sosúa
Term Start:16 August 2010
Term End:24 April 2020
Predecessor:Vladimir Céspedes Vásquez (from 1996 to 2010) (PLD)
Successor:Wilfredo Olivences (2020-2024) (PRSC)
Office2:Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic for the province of Puerto Plata
Term Start2:16 August 2002
Term End2:16 August 2010
Birth Place:Sosúa, Puerto Plata Province, Dominican Republic
Party:Dominican Revolutionary Party
Father:Avi Neumann
Mother:Nieves Hernández
Spouse:Cyrano Azar
Alma Mater:Unibe
Profession:Lawyer
Residence:Sosúa, Club Nautico I
Blank2:Net worth

Ilana Neumann, in full Ilana Neumann de Azar (b. 1968 or 1969), is a Dominican politician and lawyer.

Neumann was born in Sosúa to Avi Neumann (the son of Jewish refugees of World War II, who immigrated to the Dominican Republic; also an Israeli citizen) and Nieves Hernández, both natives of Sosúa. She is married to Cyrano Azar Ramírez, whose paternal grandparents (Aris Azar and Maria Hedded) were Lebanese immigrants.

Neumann was deputy for Puerto Plata Province from 2002 to 2010; elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2006.[1] She was Mayor of Sosúa, elected in 2010,[2] and re-elected in 2016.[3]

Neumann is the first woman of Jewish descent to be elected as mayor in the Dominican Republic.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Editorial: ¿Ilana Neumann se graduó de "política candidata triunfadora" o de abogada? . 30 August 2016 . Spanish . Periódico El Faro . Puerto Plata.
  2. News: The ceremonial inauguration of Ilana Neumann . 30 August 2016 . Sosúa News . 18 August 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160830144352/http://www.sosuanews.com/index.php?id=2310&article=1 . 30 August 2016 . Sosúa . dead . dmy-all .
  3. News: Corona . Félix . Una vez más Ilana Neumann es juramentada como alcaldesa municipal de Sosúa para el período 2016-2020 . 30 August 2016 . Puerto Plata Digital . 17 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160830145833/http://www.puertoplatadigital.com/verNoticia.aspx?Id=22391 . 30 August 2016 . Puerto Plata . Spanish . dead . dmy-all .
  4. News: Dillmann . Hans-Ulrich . Hans-Ulrich Dillmann . Die Auskehrerin . 26 October 2016 . Jüdische Allgemeine . 9 December 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101210180229/http://www.juedische-allgemeine.de/article/view/id/9245 . 10 December 2010 . German . Und dann fügt sie nicht minder stolz hinzu, »und die erste Jüdin in diesem Amt in der Dominikanischen Republik«. . dead . dmy-all .