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Jean Silvandre
Jean Silvandre (January 27, 1896 in Schoelcher, Martinique – February 4, 1960) was a politician from Martinique who represented and served French Sudan in the French National Assembly from 1946-1955 .
At the inception of partisan politics in the aftermath of the World War II, Jean Silvandre became the first president of the Association France-URSS, which held its first congress in Dakar, Senegal in early 1945.
References.
- page on the French National Assembly website
- Joseph-Roger
Jean Puketapu
Jean Gloria Edith Puketapu or Jean Puketapu-Waiwai (26 July 1931 – 31 July 2012) was a Ngāi Tūhoe Māori language activist and co-founder of the first kōhanga reo.
Puketapu was one of thirteen children of Haami and Te Ngaroahiahi Waiwai, shearers in the Ureweras near Lake Waikaremoana. She was beaten at Kokako Native School at Tuai for speaking Māori language and at home for speaking English, but obtained a scholarship to Hukarere College in Napier. At the age of 18, she moved to Lower