{{Short description|Dominican politician and lawyer}} {{Hatnote|This name uses Hispanic American naming customs. The birth family name is '''Neumann''' and the married name is '''Azar'''.}} {{Use British English|date=August 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | name = Ilana Neumann | birth_name = Ilana Neumann Hernández | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = 214px | caption = | office = Mayor of Sosúa | term_start = 16 August 2010 | term_end = 24 April 2020 | predecessor = Vladimir Céspedes Vásquez (from 1996 to 2010) (PLD) | successor = Wilfredo Olivences (2020-2024) (PRSC) | office2 = Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic for the province of Puerto Plata | term_start2 = 16 August 2002 | term_end2 = 16 August 2010 | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place = Sosúa, Puerto Plata Province, Dominican Republic | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | resting_place = | party = Modern Revolutionary Party (since 2024)<ref>https://elnuevodiario.com.do/prm-juramenta-a-ilana-neumann-exalcaldesa-y-diputada-por-el-prd-en-sosua/</ref> | other_party = Dominican Revolutionary Party (until 2024) | father = Avi Neumann | mother = Nieves Hernández | spouse = Cyrano Azar | children = | alma_mater = Unibe | profession = Lawyer | blank2 = Net worth | data2 = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = {{Facebook|ilana.neumann.3}} | footnotes = }}
'''Ilana Neumann''', in full '''Ilana Neumann de Azar''' (b. 1968 or 1969<ref name=JA/>), is a Dominican politician and lawyer.
Neumann was born in Sosúa to Avi Neumann (the son of Jewish refugees of World War II, who immigrated to the Dominican Republic; also an Israeli citizen) and Nieves Hernández, both natives of Sosúa. She is married to Cyrano Azar Ramírez, whose paternal grandparents (Aris Azar and Maria Hedded) were Lebanese immigrants.
Neumann was deputy for Puerto Plata Province from 2002 to 2010; elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |title=Editorial: ¿Ilana Neumann se graduó de "política candidata triunfadora" o de abogada? |url=http://periodicoelfaro.com.do/2010/08/ilana-neumann-se-graduo-politica-candidata-triunfadora-o-de-abogada/ |accessdate=30 August 2016 |language=Spanish |publisher=Periódico El Faro |location=Puerto Plata |archive-date=14 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914094528/http://periodicoelfaro.com.do/2010/08/ilana-neumann-se-graduo-politica-candidata-triunfadora-o-de-abogada/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> She was Mayor of Sosúa, elected in 2010,<ref>{{cite news|title=The ceremonial inauguration of Ilana Neumann |url=http://www.sosuanews.com/index.php?id=2310&article=1 |accessdate=30 August 2016 |publisher=Sosúa News |date=18 August 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160830144352/http://www.sosuanews.com/index.php?id=2310&article=1 |archivedate=30 August 2016 |location=Sosúa |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and re-elected in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Corona |first1=Félix |title=Una vez más Ilana Neumann es juramentada como alcaldesa municipal de Sosúa para el período 2016-2020 |url=http://www.puertoplatadigital.com/verNoticia.aspx?Id=22391 |accessdate=30 August 2016 |publisher=Puerto Plata Digital |date=17 August 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160830145833/http://www.puertoplatadigital.com/verNoticia.aspx?Id=22391 |archivedate=30 August 2016 |location=Puerto Plata |language=Spanish |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
Neumann is the first woman of Jewish descent to be elected as mayor in the Dominican Republic.<ref name=JA>{{cite news|last1=Dillmann |first1=Hans-Ulrich |authorlink1=Hans-Ulrich Dillmann |title=Die Auskehrerin |url=http://www.juedische-allgemeine.de/article/view/id/9245 |accessdate=26 October 2016 |publisher=Jüdische Allgemeine |date=9 December 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210180229/http://www.juedische-allgemeine.de/article/view/id/9245 |archivedate=10 December 2010 |language=German |quote=Und dann fügt sie nicht minder stolz hinzu, »und die erste Jüdin in diesem Amt in der Dominikanischen Republik«. |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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