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.
The following is a complete list of office-holders from 1935 to 1975:[1]
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | ||||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
1 | 1935 | 1942 | Independent | ||||
2 | 1942 | 1943 | Independent | ||||
3 | 1943 | 1944 | Independent | ||||
1944 | 1945 | Independent | |||||
4 | 1945 | 1947 | NPS | ||||
5 | Henry Lucien de Vries | 1947 | 1949 | ||||
6 | 1949 | 1951 | NPS | ||||
1951 | 1953 | NPS | |||||
7 | 1953 | 1955 | NPS | ||||
8 | Johan Adolf Pengel | 1955 | 1955 | NPS | |||
9 | 1955 | 1957 | NPS | ||||
10 | 1957 | 1958 | |||||
11 | Johan Kraag | 1958 | 1963 | NPS | |||
12 | 1963 | 1964 | NPS | ||||
13 | Jagernath Lachmon | 1964 | 1967 | VHP | |||
14 | Olton van Genderen | 1967 | 1969 | NPS | |||
15 | 1969 | 1969 | |||||
Jagernath Lachmon | 1969 | 1973 | VHP | ||||
Olton van Genderen | 1973 | 1973 | NPS | ||||
16 | Emile Wijntuin | 1973 | 1975 | PSV |