Severinus Desiré Emanuels


Severinus Desiré "Freek" Emanuels was a Surinamese politician, and Prime Minister of Suriname from 25 June 1958 to 30 June 1963.

Biography

Emanuels was born in Rotterdam. He studied law at the Utrecht University. From 1934 to 1950, he worked as a judge in the Dutch East Indies, and later Indonesia. In 1948, he was an advisor for the Federal Conference of Bandung. He was Prime Minister of Suriname from 1958 to 1963.