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Harry Radhakishun

Harry Radhakishun

Surinamese politician

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.[2]

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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.[2]

Publisher

Together with his wife Fanny and close friend Lou Lichtveld, Radhakishun established the publishing house Radhakishun & Co. in Paramaribo in 1952.[1]

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.[2]

Death

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

Honours

References

  1. [1]
    Michiel van Kempen (2002). Een geschiedenis van de Surinaamse literatuur, vol.4 (in Dutch). Paramaribo: Uitgeverij Okopipi. p. 52.
  2. [2]
    "HARRY SHARUH RADHAKISHUN (VHP), minister van Financiën". Vrije Stem via kb.nl (in Dutch). 1 December 1969. p. 1.
  3. [3]
    "Kanselarij der Nederlandse Orden: Index gedecoreerden, Achternaam: Radhakishun". Nationaal Archief (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 September 2020.
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