Lucina da Costa Gomez-Matheeuws

{{Short description|Dutch politician}}

{{Infobox Prime Minister

| name = Lucina da Costa Gomez-Matheeuws

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| order = Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles

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| term_start = 4 October 1977{{cite news|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?facets%5Bperiode%5D%5B%5D=2%7C20e_eeuw%7C1970-1979%7C1977%7C&query=Gomez-Matheeuws&coll=ddd&page=1&identifier=ABCDDD:010881474:mpeg21:a0145&resultsidentifier=ABCDDD:010881474:mpeg21:a0145&rowid=1 |title=Antillen krijgen interim premier|website=De Volkskrant |date=5 October 1977 |language=nl|access-date=13 February 2022}}

| term_end = 14 October 1977{{cite news|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=Rozendal+antillen&coll=ddd&sortfield=date&facets%5Bperiode%5D%5B%5D=2%7C20e_eeuw%7C1970-1979%7C1977%7C&page=25&identifier=KBPERS01:002937013:mpeg21:a00044&resultsidentifier=KBPERS01:002937013:mpeg21:a00044&rowid=9 |title=Antillen heeft nieuwe regering |website=Algemeen Dagblad |date=15 October 1977 |language=nl |access-date=13 February 2022}}

| predecessor = Leo A.I. Chance

| successor = Boy Rozendal

| monarch = Juliana of the Netherlands

| office2 = Minister of Health and Environment, Welfare, Youth, Sports, Culture and Recreation

| term_start2 = 1970

| term_end2 = 1977

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|04|05|df=yes}}

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|01|07|1929|04|05|df=yes}}

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| spouse = Moises Frumencio da Costa Gomez

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Lucina Elena da Costa Gomez-Matheeuws (5 April 1929{{Cite web|url=http://extra.cw/aviso/sra-lucina-elena-da-costa-gomez-matheeuw/|title=Sra. LUCINA ELENA DA COSTA GOMEZ-MATHEEUW|work=extra.cw|language=Papiamento|date=11 January 2017|accessdate=12 January 2017}} – 7 January 2017) was a Dutch Antillean politician for the National People's Party (PNP). She served as the ad interim Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles, an office her husband Moises Frumencio da Costa Gomez previously held, briefly in 1977. She was also the first female to hold the office. Prior to this, she was the Minister of Health and Environment, Welfare, Youth, Sports, Culture and Recreation (1970–1977).{{Cite web|url=http://curacaochronicle.com/politics/first-female-prime-minister-of-the-netherlands-antilles-has-died/|title=First female Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles has died|work=Curaçao Chronicle|date=10 January 2017|accessdate=12 January 2017}}

Costa Gomez-Matheeuws died on 7 January 2017 at the age of 87.

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