Archibald Currie
Archibald Currie (born March 7, 1889 in the Beneden-Cottica district, Dutch Guiana , today: Suriname ; † November 28, 1986 in Rijswijk , South Holland Province ) was a politician and colonial official in Suriname, who among other things was Prime Minister between 1952 and 1955 as well was governor from 1962 to 1964 .
Life
Archibald Currie worked as a land surveyor. After Suriname became an equal part of the Netherlands on September 20, 1948 as part of an interim arrangement , he was a member of the NPS ( Nationale Partij Suriname ) as a representative of the NPS ( Nationale Partij Suriname ) after the introduction of universal suffrage between January 24 and June 8, 1949 Parliament (Staten van Suriname) . Between July 1950 and January 1951 he was Minister of Finance (Landsminister van Financiën) and from April 1951 to September 1952 Minister of Economics ( Landsminister van Economische Zaken ) and at the same time Minister of Social Affairs ( Landsminister van Sociale Zaken ) in the governments of Jacques Adam Drielsma and Jan Buiskool .
As the successor to Adriaan Alberga , Currie finally took over the post of Prime Minister on December 4, 1952. In August 1954, Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles were given the status of an equal and self-governing part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands . He was then formally Prime Minister ( Premier van Suriname ) and held this office until April 16, 1955, whereupon Johan Ferrier succeeded him. Between December 1952 and April 1955 he also served as Minister of the Interior in his government ( Landsminister van Binnenlandse Zaken ).
On March 19, 1962, Archibald Currie succeeded Jan van Tilburg as acting governor (Waarnemend gouverneur) and held this office until his replacement by François Haverschmidt , who was also acting governor between March 3 and 23, 1963. Subsequently, on March 23, 1963, Currie became the first Surinamese governor. He held this office until August 22, 1964, after which François Haverschmidt was again acting governor.
Web links
- Entry in Rulers
- Suriname: Important People
- Entry in Parliament
Individual evidence
- ↑ Suriname: Prime Ministers in Rulers
- ↑ Suriname: Governors in Rulers
See also
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| SURNAME | Currie, Archibald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Surinamese politician, governor and prime minister of Suriname |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beneden-Cottica district, Dutch Guiana , today: Suriname |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 28, 1986 |
| Place of death | Rijswijk , Province of South Holland |