(1910-05-12)12 May 1910 Paramaribo, Surinam (now Suriname)
Died
4 January 2010(2010-01-04) (aged 99) Oegstgeest, Netherlands
Political party
National
Spouses
Eugenie Lionarons
(died 1959)
Edmé Ferrier-Vas
(died 1997)
Children
Cynthia[1]
Joan[2]
Kathleen[3]
Alma mater
University of Amsterdam (Dr.)
Occupation
Politician
teacher
Johan Henri Eliza Ferrier (12 May 1910 – 4 January 2010) was a Surinamese politician who served as the 1st president of Suriname from 1975 to 1980. He was also the country's last governor-general before independence, serving from 1968 to 1975, before becoming the first president upon independence from the Netherlands in 1975.
He was named the twentieth century's most important politician in Suriname in 1999.[4]
^"Cynthia McLeod". Good Reads. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
^"Joan Ferrier overleden". Dagblad Suriname (in Dutch). 10 March 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
^"Drs. K.G. (Kathleen) Ferrier". Dutch Parliament (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 November 2021.
^(in Dutch) Eerste president Suriname overleden. fok.nl. 4 January 2010
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centre-left: Jack Biskop (MP), Ad Koppejan (MP), Kathleen Ferrier (MP; daughter of the late JohanFerrier, president of Suriname 1975–1980), Dries van Agt (former...
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