Harry Radhakishun Explained

Harry Radhakishun
Office1:4th Deputy Prime Minister of Suriname
Primeminister1:Jules Sedney
Term Start1:20 November 1969
Term End1:24 December 1973
Predecessor1:Johan Kraag
Successor1:Olton van Genderen
Office2:Minister of Finance
Primeminister2:Jules Sedney
Term Start2:20 November 1969
Term End2:24 December 1973
Successor2:Henck Arron
Office3:Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries
Primeminister3:Johan Adolf Pengel
Term Start3:30 June 1963
Term End3:15 March 1967
Predecessor3:Sewraam Rambaran Mishre
Birth Date:25 July 1921
Birth Place:Paramaribo, Suriname
Death Place:Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Birthname:Harry Sharuh Radhakishun
Nationality:Surinamese
Party:VHP
Spouse:Stephane (Fanny) Radhakishun-van Bruggen

Harry Sharuh Radhakishun (25 July 1921 – 3 January 1983) was a Surinamese businessman and politician. He served as Deputy Prime Minister of Suriname and Minister of Finance from 1969 to 1973, and as Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries from 1963 to 1967.[1]

Early life

Radhakishun was born in Paramaribo in 1921. He studied at the Hendrikschool (Mulo), and also attended law classes taught by Julius Caesar de Miranda. He took part for a few years in the correspondence course for accountancy and commercial sciences offered by the La Salle Extension University in Chicago.[1]

Publisher

Together with his wife Fanny and close friend Lou Lichtveld, Radhakishun established the publishing house Radhakishun & Co. in Paramaribo in 1952.[2]

Politics

Radhakishun was a founding member of the VHP. He was a member of the Estates of Suriname (national legislature) from 1951 to 1963 and from 1967 to 1969.[1]

Death

Radhakishun died in Amsterdam in January 1983 at the age of 61.[3]

Honours

Knight (Ridder), Order of the Netherlands Lion

Officer (Officier), then Commander (Commandeur), Order of Orange-Nassau

Grand Cross (Gran Cruz), Order of Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1965)

Grand Cross (Gran Cruz), Order of San Carlos (1967) [1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: HARRY SHARUH RADHAKISHUN (VHP), minister van Financiën . Vrije Stem via kb.nl . 1 . nl . 1 December 1969.
  2. Book: . Een geschiedenis van de Surinaamse literatuur, vol.4 . 2002 . . Paramaribo . 52 . nl.
  3. Web site: Kanselarij der Nederlandse Orden: Index gedecoreerden, Achternaam: Radhakishun. 2020-09-15. Nationaal Archief. nl.