Johan Ferrier
President of Suriname
Died when: 99 years 237 days (1195 months)Star Sign: Taurus
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.
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