Winston Jessurun Explained

Winston Jessurun
Office:Member of the National Assembly
Term Start:1991
Term End:2015
Constituency:Paramaribo District
Birth Place:Coronie District, Suriname
Party:Democratic Alternative '91

Winston Jessurun (born 5 April 1952) is a Surinamese politician and plastic surgeon.[1] [2] He was member of the National Assembly for the Democratic Alternative '91 between 1991 and 2015 for Paramaribo District.[3]

Career

Jessurun was born on 5 April 1952 in Coronie District.[4] The party Democratic Alternative '91 (DA'91) was founded in 1991 when it split off from the National Party of Suriname.[5] Jessurun was one of the founders, together with Gerard Brunings.[1] Jessurun contested the 1991 Surinamese general election for the DA'91 and won a seat. He served five more terms.[5]

For the 2010 elections Jessurun and the DA'91 joined the political alliance New Front for Democracy and Development.[6] For the 2015 elections Jessurun was named the top candidate on the party list.[5] He and the DA'91 entered the elections as part of the political alliance V7.[5] He was not re-elected.[7] On 30 September 2015 he was succeeded as chairperson of Democratic Alternative '91 by Angelic Alihusain-del Castilho. Jessurun became honorary chairperson.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pieter van Maele . Winston Jessurun . Dutch . Parbode . 15 January 2014 . 15 June 2015.
  2. Web site: Mildred S. Carson. Cosmetic and Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Practice . Skills Workshop . 28 September 2016.
  3. Web site: Hr. Dr. Winston Jessurun . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150626213838/http://www.dna.sr/het-politiek-college/leden/winston-jessurun/ . Dutch . National Assembly of Suriname . 26 June 2015.
  4. Web site: DA'91: Democratisch Alternatief '91 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190525143405/https://nos.nl/artikel/146466-da-91-democratisch-alternatief-91.html . Nederlandse Omroep Stichting . 26 March 2010 . 25 May 2019.
  5. Web site: Winston Jessurun blijft belangrijkste DA'91-kandiaat voor Assemblee . Dutch . De Surinaamse Krant . 23 March 2015 . 15 June 2015.
  6. Web site: Winston Jessurun: het is ons om Suriname te doen . Dutch . Waterkant.net . 5 March 2010 . 15 June 2015.
  7. Web site: Leden 2015 - 2020 . Dutch . National Assembly of Suriname . 15 July 2015.
  8. Web site: Angelic Alihusain-del Castilho nieuwe voorzitter DA’91 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190608085222/https://www.srherald.com/suriname/2015/10/01/angelic-alihusain-del-castilho-nieuwe-voorzitter-da91/ . Dutch . Suriname Herald . 1 October 2015 . 8 June 2019.

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