Maria Virgínia Arruvaia was a Mozambican politician. In 1977 she was one of the first group of women elected to the People's Assembly.
Maria Arruvaia | |
|---|---|
| Member of the People's Assembly | |
| In office 1977– | |
Biography
editFollowing independence in 1975, Arruvaia was a FRELIMO candidate in the 1977 parliamentary elections,[1] in which she was one of the first group of 27 women elected to the People's Assembly.[2]
References
edit- ^ Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa issues 1857–1867, p43
- ^ Mart Martin (2000) The Almanac of Women and Minorities in World Politics, p267