Emile Wijntuin

Emile Wijntuin
Emile Wijntuin in 1975
Chairperson of the National Assembly of Suriname
In office
25 November 1975 – 15 August 1980[1]
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byAssembly dismissed until 1986
Ulrich Aron
Chairperson of the Estates of Suriname
In office
28 December 1973 – 25 November 1975[1]
Preceded byOlton van Genderen
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born
Emile Linus Alfred Wijntuin

(1924-09-22)22 September 1924
Totness, Surinam (now Suriname)
Died7 May 2020(2020-05-07) (aged 95)
Paramaribo, Suriname
NationalitySuriname
Political partyPSV
OccupationPolitician

Emile Linus Alfred Wijntuin (22 September 1924 – 7 May 2020)[2] was a Surinamese politician who served as Chairman of the National Assembly of Suriname from 1975 until the aftermath of the 1980 Surinamese coup d'état.[3][4] Wijntuin was a member of the Progressive Surinamese People's Party (PSV).

  1. ^ a b "SURINAAMS PARLEMENT DIT JAAR 155 JAAR". United News (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference death was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "De Nationale Assemblée: Lijst van Oud-Voorzitters" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 14 July 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  4. ^ "The Year of the Sergeants" by Edward Dew in the Caribbean Review