Lucina da Costa Gomez-Matheeuws | |
Order: | Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles |
Term Start: | 4 October 1977[1] |
Term End: | 14 October 1977[2] |
Predecessor: | Leo A.I. Chance |
Successor: | Boy Rozendal |
Office2: | Minister of Health and Environment, Welfare, Youth, Sports, Culture and Recreation |
Term Start2: | 1970 |
Term End2: | 1977 |
Birth Date: | 5 April 1929 |
Spouse: | Moises Frumencio da Costa Gomez |
Lucina Elena da Costa Gomez-Matheeuws (5 April 1929[3] - 7 January 2017) was a Dutch Antillean politician for the National People's Party (PNP). She served as the ad interim Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles, an office her husband Moises Frumencio da Costa Gomez previously held, briefly in 1977. She was also the first female to hold the office. Prior to this, she was the Minister of Health and Environment, Welfare, Youth, Sports, Culture and Recreation (1970 - 1977).[4]
Costa Gomez-Matheeuws died on 7 January 2017 at the age of 87.[4]