Back رامسيواك شنكار Arabic Ramsewak Shankar AST Ramsewak Shankar German Ramsewak Shankar Esperanto Ramsewak Shankar Spanish رامسیواک شانکار Persian Ramsewak Shankar French रामसेवक शंकर Hindi Ramsewak Shankar ID Ransewak Shankar IO
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 | 6 November 1937 Nieuw Amsterdam, Suriname[1] |
| 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.
- ^ "Suriname". King Henry 9. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- ^ "Kabinet van de President - Historie". www.gov.sr. Archived from the original on 19 March 2015.
- ^ "Wageningen University: Facts & Figures | Radio Netherlands Worldwide". M.rnw.nl. 25 November 2011. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
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