Juan Abbas

Juan Abbas Fontenoy (1908-1994) was a Brunanter politican and former mayor of Cape Cross.

Biography
Abbas was born in Cape Cross to Antonio Abbas, who would be the town's first mechanic in the 1910s. He was the grandson of Mateus Abbas, also mayor from 1887-1895.

Mayor
Abbas was first elected mayor in 1946 as a socialist politician with the SDP-affiliated Esquedra Social. Abbas would be re-elected in 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962 and 1966, lasting over 20 years in office. Abbas entrenched socialist policies and programs so much that only one conservative mayor would be elected after 1970.