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]
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]
Together with his wife Fanny and close friend Lou Lichtveld, Radhakishun established the publishing house Radhakishun & Co. in Paramaribo in 1952.[2]
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]
Radhakishun died in Amsterdam in January 1983 at the age of 61.[3]
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]