Varina Tjon-A-Ten

Varina Tjon-A-Ten, born in Paramaribo (Suriname) on November 29, 1952, is a Dutch politician who sat as a member of the Lower House for the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA) from 2003 to 2006.

Her paternal grandfather came from mainland China to Suriname, but she's a "moksi watra" (mixed blood): one of her grand-grandmothers was a Brahmin Indian from British Guyana who married a Scot, and she also has Dutch and Jewish ancestry. Her family arrived in Rotterdam in 1964 [ [http://www.deleunstoel.nl/archief_aflevering.php?aflevering_id=63&artikel_id=893 Varina Tjon a Ten in het Ministerie van Koloniën] , De Leunstoel, Nummer 16, Jaargang 3, 6 juli 2006] .

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