List of chairmen of the Estates of Suriname explained

Post:Chairman
Body:Estates of Suriname
Seat:Paramaribo
Appointer:Estates of Suriname
Formation:14 May 1935
Last:Emile Wijntuin
Abolished:25 November 1975
Succession:Chairman of the National Assembly of Suriname

The chairman of the Estates of Suriname (Dutch; Flemish: Voorzitter van De Staten) was the presiding officer of the Estates of Suriname.

List of chairmen

The following is a complete list of office-holders from 1935 to 1975:[1]

Political parties
PortraitName
Term of officePolitical party
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1
1935 1942Independent
2
1942 1943Independent
3
1943 1944Independent

1944 1945Independent
4
1945 1947NPS
5Henry Lucien de Vries
1947 1949
6
1949 1951NPS

1951 1953NPS
7
1953 1955NPS
8Johan Adolf Pengel
1955 1955NPS
9
1955 1957NPS
10
1957 1958
11Johan Kraag
1958 1963NPS
12
1963 1964NPS
13Jagernath Lachmon
1964 1967VHP
14Olton van Genderen
1967 1969NPS
15
1969 1969
Jagernath Lachmon
1969 1973VHP
Olton van Genderen
1973 1973NPS
16Emile Wijntuin
1973 1975PSV

See also

Notes and References

  1. De Nationale Assemblée: Lijst van Oud-Voorzitters