Severinus Desiré Emanuels

Severinus Desiré Emanuels
Severinus Desiré Emanuels in 1962
Prime Minister of Suriname
In office
14 July 1958 – 30 June 1963
Preceded byJohan Ferrier
Succeeded byJohan Adolf Pengel
Minister of Finance
In office
6 September 1952 – 1 April 1955
Personal details
Born(1910-02-27)27 February 1910
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died27 August 1981(1981-08-27) (aged 71)
The Hague, Netherlands
Political partyNational Party of Suriname
ProfessionPolitician

Severinus Desiré "Freek" Emanuels (27 February 1910 – 27 August 1981) was a Dutch politician, and Prime Minister of Suriname from 25 June 1958 to 30 June 1963.

Biography[edit]

Emanuels was born in Rotterdam on 27 February 1910. He studied law at the Utrecht University. From 1934 to 1950, he worked as a judge in the Dutch East Indies, and its successor Indonesia. In 1948, he was an advisor for the Federal Conference of Bandung.[1] Between 1952 and 1955, he served as Surinamese Minister of Finance in the Currie government.[2]

In 1958, he was working for the Dutch embassy in Washington, D.C.[3] Formateur Johan Adolf Pengel asked Emanuels to lead a government[4] which he accepted, and he arrived in Suriname on 14 July 1958.[3] He served as Prime Minister of Suriname from 1958 to 1963.[1] In September 1959, he asked the States General of the Netherlands to boycott South Africa which was denied, however Suriname was permitted to implement their own trade boycott.[5] In 1961, his government unsuccessfully tried to negotiate more autonomy for Suriname.[6]: 16 

In 1963, Emanuels was succeeded by Pengel, and appointed Minister Plenipotentiary of Suriname.[6]: 20  In 1965, he returned to the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He retired in 1976.[7]

Emanuels died on 27 August 1981 in The Hague, at the age of 71.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Mr.Drs. S.D. Emanuels (in Dutch)". parlement.com. Parlementair Documentatie Centrum van de Universiteit Leiden Deze. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Wat gebeurde er in dit jaar in de maand September". Suriname.nu. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b "A.s. Premier kwam aan hield besprekingen". Algemeen Dagblad via Delpher.nl (in Dutch). 14 July 1958. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Jopie Pengel". Andere Tijden (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  5. ^ R.W.A. Muskens (2013). Aan de goede kant: Een geschiedenis van de Nederlandse anti-apartheidsbeweging (Thesis) (in Dutch). University of Amsterdam via Docplayer.nl. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  6. ^ a b Archie R.A. Sumter (1972). "De weg naar een onafhankelijk Suriname". Hollands Maandblad (in Dutch).
  7. ^ "CD Nieuws". De Telegraaf via Delpher.nl (in Dutch). 7 February 1976. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
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