Alice Amafo (born 4 February 1977) is a

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se politician and former government minister. She was the youngest

se minister when first appointed at age 28 and the first

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woman. She became a minister again in 2010.

Biography

Alice Hortencia Amafo was born in

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in Suriname. She first qualified in Scientific Studies before taking

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where she graduated in 2003. Amafo was a follower of

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and the ABOP party (

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). Her first job was looking after Aeronautical statistics. She became interested in politics because of the poor access to education by women outside the cities of Suriname. Amafo had only had an education herself because her father had moved to get his children educated. She was the youngest

minister at 28 when appointed in September 2005 and the first

woman. She was the Minister for Transport and succeeded

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. She resigned in 2007 but was appointed to office again in 2010 by President

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as Minister of Agriculture and Housing succeeding

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References

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