Amar Ramadhin | |
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Ramadhin in 2020 | |
Minister of Public Health | |
Assumed office 16 July 2020 | |
Preceded by | Antoine Elias |
Personal details | |
Born | Amar N. Ramadhin [1] Suriname |
Nationality | Suriname |
Political party | Progressive Reform Party (VHP) |
Occupation | physician,politician |
Amar N. Ramadhin is a Surinamese physician and as of 2020 Minister of Public Health.
Amar Ramadhin is a general practitioner by profession,and holds a docterandus title. [2] He started teaching at the IBW University in Paramaribo. [3] In 2012, [3] he started at the Medisch Centrum Macdonald in Paramaribo, [4] and until 2020 worked at the General Practitioner Clinic CuraMed in Zorg en Hoop,Paramaribo. [5] He is a member of the medical staff of the Surinamese Football Association, [6] and since 2019,a staff member of the Vereniging van Medici in Suriname (Association of Medical Professionals). [7]
In 1999,Ramadhin became an executive in the Progressive Reform Party (VHP). [8] On 16 July 2020,Ramadhin was appointed Minister of Public Health in the cabinet of Santokhi. [9] On 19 July 2020,Ramadhin was temporarily appointed to head the COVID-19 management team. [10]