Ramsewak Shankar | |
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रामसेवक शंकर | |
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4th President of Suriname | |
In office 25 January 1988 – 24 December 1990 | |
Vice President | Henck Arron |
Preceded by | L.F. Ramdat Misier |
Succeeded by | Johan Kraag |
Personal details | |
Born | Nieuw Amsterdam, Suriname[1] | 6 November 1937
Political party | VHP |
Ramsewak Shankar (born 6 November 1937) is a Surinamese politician who was the 4th President of Suriname, serving from 1988 to 1990.[2] His government was overthrown by Dési Bouterse leading a bloodless military coup. Shankar had previously served as Agriculture & Fisheries Minister from 1969 to 1971.
Shankar is a member of the large ethnic South Asian community in Suriname. He had studied at Wageningen University in the Netherlands.[3] After his return to Suriname, he became active in the Progressive Reform Party. He supported independence in 1975.
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