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Place of Birth: Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname
About Ramsewak Shankar
- Ramsewak Shankar (born November 6, 1937) is a Surinamese politician who was the 4th President of Suriname, serving from 1988 to 1990.
- His government was overthrown by Dési Bouterse leading a bloodless military coup.
- Shankar had previously served as Agriculture & Fisheries Minister from 1969 to 1971.
- Shankar was a member of the large ethnic South Asian community in Suriname.
- He had studied at Wageningen University in the Netherlands.
- After his return to Suriname, he became active in the Progressive Reform Party.
- He supported independence in 1975.
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