Severinus Desiré Emanuels

Severinus Desiré Emanuels
Severinus Desiré Emanuels in 1962
Prime Minister of Suriname
In office 14 July 1958 – 30 June 1963
Preceded by	Johan Ferrier
Succeeded by	Johan Adolf Pengel
Minister of Finance
In office 6 September 1952 – 1 April 1955
Personal details
Born	(1910-02-27)27 February 1910 Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died	27 August 1981(1981-08-27) (aged 71) The Hague, Netherlands
Political party	National Party of Suriname
Profession	Politician

Severinus Desiré "Freek" Emanuels (27 February 1910 – 27 August 1981) was a Dutch politician, and Prime Minister of Suriname from 25 June 1958 to 30 June 1963.

Biography

Emanuels was born in Rotterdam on 27 February 1910. He studied law at the Utrecht University. From 1934 to 1950, he worked as a judge in the Dutch East Indies, and its successor Indonesia. In 1948, he was an advisor for the Federal Conference of Bandung.[1] Between 1952 and 1955, he served as Surinamese Minister of Finance in the Currie government.[2]

In 1958, he was working for the Dutch embassy in Washington, D.C.[3] Formateur Johan Adolf Pengel asked Emanuels to lead a government[4] which he accepted, and he arrived in Suriname on 14 July 1958.[3] He served as Prime Minister of Suriname from 1958 to 1963.[1] In September 1959, he asked the States General of the Netherlands to boycott South Africa which was denied, however Suriname was permitted to implement their own trade boycott.[5] In 1961, his government unsuccessfully tried to negotiate more autonomy for Suriname.[6]: 16 

In 1963, Emanuels was succeeded by Pengel, and appointed Minister Plenipotentiary of Suriname.[6]: 20  In 1965, he returned to the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He retired in 1976.[7]

Emanuels died on 27 August 1981 in The Hague, at the age of 71.[1]

References

1. "Mr.Drs. S.D. Emanuels (in Dutch)". parlement.com. Parlementair Documentatie Centrum van de Universiteit Leiden Deze. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
2. "Wat gebeurde er in dit jaar in de maand September". Suriname.nu. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
3. "A.s. Premier kwam aan hield besprekingen". Algemeen Dagblad via Delpher.nl (in Dutch). 14 July 1958. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
4. "Jopie Pengel". Andere Tijden (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 December 2021.
5. R.W.A. Muskens (2013). Aan de goede kant: Een geschiedenis van de Nederlandse anti-apartheidsbeweging (Thesis) (in Dutch). University of Amsterdam via Docplayer.nl. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
6. Archie R.A. Sumter (1972). "De weg naar een onafhankelijk Suriname". Hollands Maandblad (in Dutch).
7. "CD Nieuws". De Telegraaf via Delpher.nl (in Dutch). 7 February 1976. Retrieved 18 December 2021.