What is Ramsewak Shankar?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Ramsewak Shankar |native_name = रामसेवक शंकर |order = 4th [[President of Suriname]] |image = Ramsewak Shankar.webp |term_start = 25 January 1988 |term_end = 24 December 1990 |vicepresident = [[Henck Arron]] |predecessor = [[Fred Ramdat Misier]] |successor = [[Johan Kraag]] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1937|11|6|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Nieuw Amsterdam, Suriname|Nieuw Amsterdam]], [[Surinam (Dutch colony)|Suriname]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kinghenry9.com/Sthfd/__Suriname.htm|title=Suriname|website=King Henry 9|access-date=18 July 2020}}</ref> |spouse= |party = [[Progressive Reform Party (Suriname)|VHP]] }} '''Ramsewak Shankar''' (born November 6, 1937) is a [[Suriname]]se politician. He was the 4th [[President of Suriname]] from 1988 to 1990.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gov.sr/kabinet-van-de-president/over-het-kabinet/historie.aspx |title=Kabinet van de President - Historie |access-date=2020-04-16 |archive-date=2018-05-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180521104730/http://www.gov.sr/kabinet-van-de-president/over-het-kabinet/historie.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> His government was overthrown by [[Dési Bouterse]] leading a bloodless [[1990 Surinamese coup d'état|military coup]]. Shankar was Agriculture & Fisheries Minister from 1969 to 1971. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shankar, Ramsewak}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Presidents of Suriname]] {{bio-stub}}