Winston Jessurun

Winston Jessurun (born 5 April 1952) is a Surinamese politician and plastic surgeon.[1][2] He was member of the National Assembly for the Democratic Alternative '91 between 1991 and 2015 for Paramaribo District.[3]

Winston Jessurun
Member of the National Assembly
In office
1991–2015
ConstituencyParamaribo District
Personal details
Born (1952-04-05) 5 April 1952
Coronie District, Suriname
Political partyDemocratic Alternative '91

Career

Jessurun was born on 5 April 1952 in Coronie District.[4] The party Democratic Alternative '91 (DA'91) was founded in 1991 when it split off from the National Party of Suriname.[5] Jessurun was one of the founders, together with Gerard Brunings.[1] Jessurun contested the 1991 Surinamese general election for the DA'91 and won a seat. He served five more terms.[5]

For the 2010 elections Jessurun and the DA'91 joined the political alliance New Front for Democracy and Development.[6] For the 2015 elections Jessurun was named the top candidate on the party list.[5] He and the DA'91 entered the elections as part of the political alliance V7.[5] He was not re-elected.[7] On 30 September 2015 he was succeeded as chairperson of Democratic Alternative '91 by Angelic Alihusain-del Castilho. Jessurun became honorary chairperson.[8]

References
  1. Pieter van Maele (15 January 2014). "Winston Jessurun" (in Dutch). Parbode. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  2. Mildred S. Carson. "Cosmetic and Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Practice". Skills Workshop. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  3. "Hr. Dr. Winston Jessurun" (in Dutch). National Assembly of Suriname. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015.
  4. "DA'91: Democratisch Alternatief '91". Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 26 March 2010. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019.
  5. "Winston Jessurun blijft belangrijkste DA'91-kandiaat voor Assemblee" (in Dutch). De Surinaamse Krant. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  6. "Winston Jessurun: het is ons om Suriname te doen" (in Dutch). Waterkant.net. 5 March 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  7. "Leden 2015 - 2020" (in Dutch). National Assembly of Suriname. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  8. "Angelic Alihusain-del Castilho nieuwe voorzitter DA'91" (in Dutch). Suriname Herald. 1 October 2015. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019.
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