About Wim van Eer
Lived 1927 – 2011 (aged 83). Wim van Eer was a politician.
Willem Frederik "Wim" van Eer (19 December 1927 – 2 July 2011) was a Surinamese diplomat and educator. He served as Minister Plenipotentiary of Suriname from 1 April 1974 until the Independence of Suriname on 25 November 1975. Subsequently, he was appointed first Ambassador of Suriname to the Netherlands and served until 20 May 1980.
Biography Van Eer was born on 19 December 1927 in Paramaribo. Van Eer was one of the founders of the Surinamese in Rotterdam Foundation. In 1964, he returned to Suriname and became the principal of the kweekschool (normal school) in Paramaribo. On 11 March, van Eer returned to Suriname to negotiate with the new regime. He was honourably discharged effective 20 May 1980, and reassigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On 24 December, Hans Prade was appointed as his successor.
Van Eer died on 2 July 2011 in Paramaribo, at the age of 83.
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Surinamese politician (1927-2011)
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Wim van Eer was born on 19 December 1927 in Paramaribo.
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Wim van Eer died on 2 July 2011 in Paramaribo.
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Wim van Eer was a politician.
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Wim van Eer's recorded nationality: Suriname.
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