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Evert Gonesh

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Evert Gonesh
Evert Gonesh (Behind table/Center of image.)
Ambassador of Suriname to the Netherlands
In office
1994–2001
Preceded byCyrill Ramkisor [nl]
Succeeded byEdgar Amanh [nl]
Personal details
Born
Evert Guillaume Azimullah

(1955-07-27) 27 July 1955 (age 69)
Paramaribo, Surinam
NationalitySuriname
Political partyProgressive Reform Party (VHP)

Evert Guillaume Gonesh (formerly known as Evert Guillaume Azimullah;[1] born 21 August 1938) is a Surinamese diplomat, politician, and writer of Indian descent. He served as the Surinamese Ambassador to the Netherlands.

Biography

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After completing of his secondary education in Suriname, Gonesh studied Political and Social Sciences at the University of Amsterdam in 1971.[2]

As the Independence of Suriname of 25 November 1975 approached, Evert Gonesh was entrusted with the coordination of the secretariat of the Constitutional Commission (Grondwetscommissie).[3]

In 1983, Gonesh was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Anton de Kom University of Suriname.[2] In May 1994, Gonesh was transferred to the Netherlands as Ambassador.[4] He was also accredited as non-resident Ambassador of Suriname for Russia.[5] As the first (non-resident) Surinamese ambassador to the Holy See,[6] he was in 1998 decorated by the pope with the Grand Cross in the Order of Saint Gregory.[citation needed] >

In 2001 Gonesh retired.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Recensies". OSO. Tijdschrift voor Surinaamse taalkunde, letterkunde en geschiedenis (in Dutch). 2016. p. 355. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Evert Gonesh publiceert tweede boek over Lachmon". Star Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Herinneringen van de totstandkoming Onafhankelijkheidsgrondwet 1975". Star Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Ambassadeur Suriname". Trouw (in Dutch). 29 April 1994. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  5. ^ "45th anniversary of bilateral relations". Embaixada da Federação da Rússia na República Federativa do Brasil. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  6. ^ "ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II TO H.E. Mr EVERT GUILLAUME AZIMULLAH, FIRST AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME TO THE HOLY SEE*". Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 16 November 1995. Retrieved 25 December 2021.