Three-Time Former Suriname Leader Venetiaan Dead at 89: Family

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This former professor of mathematics had been the first president elected after years of dictatorship in 1991. Battu in the 1996 presidential election, he was then elected to head the country of South America on two more occasions. He was 89 years old.

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Ronald Venetiaan (1936-2025) | former president of Suriname: He tried several times to rebuild Suriname's economy, which had been ruined by his predecessors.

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Ronald Venetiaan has died, Surinamese media reports. He was Suriname's longest-serving president, serving for a total of fifteen years. He was 89 years old.

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Venetiaan was president of Suriname from 1991 to 1996 and from 2000 to 2010. He was the country's longest-serving president.

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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima paid respectful tribute to former Surinamese President Ronald Venetiaan. The former politician was announced Wednesday at the age of 89.