Maria Virgínia Arruvaia was a
Mozambican politician. In 1977 she was one of the first group of women elected to the
People's Assembly.
Biography
Following independence in 1975, Arruvaia was a
FRELIMO
FRELIMO (; from , ) is a democratic socialist political party in Mozambique. It has governed the country since its independence from Portugal in 1975.
Founded in 1962, FRELIMO began as a nationalist movement fighting for the self-determination ...
candidate in the
1977 parliamentary elections, in which she was one of the first group of 27 women elected to the People's Assembly.
[Mart Martin (2000) ''The Almanac of Women and Minorities in World Politics'', p267]
References
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Date of birth missing
20th-century Mozambican women politicians
20th-century Mozambican politicians
FRELIMO politicians
Members of the Assembly of the Republic (Mozambique)
Possibly living people