Emile Wijntuin
Emile Wijntuin | |
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![]() Emile Wijntuin in 1975 | |
Chairperson of the National Assembly of Suriname | |
In office 25 November 1975 – 15 August 1980[1] | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Assembly dismissed until 1986 |
Chairperson of the Estates of Suriname | |
In office 28 December 1973 – 25 November 1975[1] | |
Preceded by | |
Succeeded by | Office abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Emile Linus Alfred Wijntuin 22 September 1924 Totness, Surinam |
Died | 7 May 2020 Paramaribo, Suriname | (aged 95)
Nationality | Suriname |
Occupation | Chairman of the National Assembly of Suriname |
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).
Biography[]
Wijntuin was born in the Coronie District on 22 September 1924[5] in family of farmers. At the age 12, he was sent to Paramaribo for a high school education. In 1943, he became an assistant teacher, and received his teaching degree in 1947. During this period, he befriended father Jozef Weidmann and became interested in politics.[6]
In August 1926, Weidmann was one of the founder of PSV as a Christian democratic party.[6] Wijntuin joined the PSV shortly after its foundation.[7] He first ran for office in 1955, but lost to Johan Kraag.[6] From 1958 to 1967 and 1968 to 1980, he was a member of the National Assembly.[7] Wijntuin became chairman of PSV in 1971.[6] He served as the Chairman of the Estates of Suriname from 1973 to 1975.[3]
After the 1980 coup d'etat, Wijntuin was placed under house arrest.[8] In 1982, he left Suriname, and lived in diaspora in the Netherlands. He tried to gather support from the European and South American Christian democrats, but found himself increasingly isolated. Wijntuin returned after the restoration of democracy in 1991, but refrained from politics, and started to focus on writing books.[7] In 1994, he published his biography Reflekties uit een politiek verleden.[7]
Wijntuin died on 7 May 2020 at the age of 95.[2]
Honours[]
Suriname: Grand Cordon Honorary Order of the Yellow Star[9]
Netherlands: Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau (April 1967)[10]
Netherlands: Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion (November 1975)[11]
Vatican: Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice (October 2020)[9]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "SURINAAMS PARLEMENT DIT JAAR 155 JAAR". United News (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Marica: Suriname heeft grote zoon verloren". Suriname Herald (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "De Nationale Assemblée: Lijst van Oud-Voorzitters" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 14 July 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ "The Year of the Sergeants" by Edward Dew in the Caribbean Review
- ^ "Emile Wijntuin viert 90ste verjaardag" (in Dutch). Suriname Herald. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Het leven van Emile Wijntuin in een notendop. Door dr. Hans Breeveld". Omhoog (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "OSO. Tijdschrift voor Surinaamse taalkunde, letterkunde en geschiedenis. Jaargang 14". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). 1975. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ "In memoriam: Emile Linus Alfred Wijntuin". Werkgroup Caraïbische Letteren (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Hoogste pauselijke onderscheiding voor wijlen Emile Wijntuin". GFC Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ "Het heeft ook nu weer lintjes geregend". Leidsche Courant (in Dutch). 28 April 1967. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ "Onderscheidingen". Trouw via Delpher (in Dutch). 24 November 1975. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
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