Person

Ronald Venetiaan

b. 1936 · 20th century

Ronald Venetiaan is a Surinamese mathematician and politician, leader of the National Party of Suriname, who was president of Suriname from 1991 to 1996 and again from 2000 to 2010. His first government, elected after military rule, concluded the 1992 peace accord that ended the interior war and introduced economic reforms. He is regarded as a central figure of Suriname's return to democracy.

Ronald Venetiaan
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