About Varina Tjon-A-Ten
Born 1952. Varina Tjon-A-Ten is a Dutch politician.
Varina Tjon-A-Ten (born 29 November 1952 in Paramaribo) is a Dutch former politician who was a member of the House of Representatives for the Labour Party (PvdA) from 2003 to 2006. She is currently a professor at The Hague University.
Her paternal grandfather came from mainland China to Suriname, but she refers herself to as moksi watra (mixed blood): one of her great-grandmothers was a Brahmin Indian from British Guiana who married a Scot, and she also has Dutch and Jewish ancestry. Her family arrived in Rotterdam in 1964.
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Varina Tjon-A-Ten was born on 29 November 1952 in Paramaribo.
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