Amar Ramadhin
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Amar Ramadhin | |
|---|---|
 Ramadhin in 2020 | |
| Minister of Public Health | |
| Assumed office 16 July 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Antoine Elias |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Amar N. Ramadhin[1] |
| Party | Progressive Reform Party (VHP) |
| Occupation | physician, politician |
Amar N. Ramadhin is a Surinamese physician and as of 2020 Minister of Public Health.
Amar Ramadhin is a general practitioner by profession, and holds a docterandus title.[2] He started teaching at the IBW University in Paramaribo.[3] In 2012,[3] he started at the Medisch Centrum Macdonald in Paramaribo,[4] and until 2020 worked at the General Practitioner Clinic CuraMed in Zorg en Hoop, Paramaribo.[5] He is a member of the medical staff of the Surinamese Football Association,[6] and since 2019, a staff member of the Vereniging van Medici in Suriname (Association of Medical Professionals).[7]
In 1999, Ramadhin became an executive in the Progressive Reform Party (VHP).[8] On 16 July 2020, Ramadhin was appointed Minister of Public Health in the cabinet of Santokhi.[9] On 19 July 2020, Ramadhin was temporarily appointed to head the COVID-19 management team.[10]
