Winston Jessurun | |
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Member of the National Assembly | |
In office 1991–2015 | |
Constituency | Paramaribo District |
Personal details | |
Born | Coronie District,Suriname | 5 April 1952
Political party | Democratic Alternative '91 |
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]
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 del Castilho. Jessurun became honorary chairperson. [8]