Jules Sedney | |
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Prime Minister of Suriname | |
In office 20 November 1969 – 24 December 1973 | |
Monarch | Queen Juliana |
Governor | Johan Ferrier |
Preceded by | Arthur May |
Succeeded by | Henck Arron |
Personal details | |
Born | Paramaribo, Suriname | 28 September 1922
Died | 18 June 2020 Paramaribo, Suriname | (aged 97)
Political party | Progressive National Party (PNP) |
Jules Sedney (28 September 1922 – 18 June 2020) was a Surinamese politician. He was the Prime Minister of Suriname from 20 November 1969 to 24 December 1973. In 1980, he became governor of the Central Bank of Suriname. He left the country in exile in 1983. Sedney returned to Suriname in 1989.
Sedney led a multi-ethnic government that Sedney believed had the checks and balances necessary for the growth of the Suriname economy.[1]
Sedney died on 18 June 2020, aged 97.[2] He had been hospitalized just prior to his death.[3]