Rajendre Khargi

Khargi was born on 27 July 1955 in Paramaribo. In 1974, he started to work as a radio reporter for the Nederlandse Omroep Stichting.^[1] He was the editor of Het Zwarte Schaap, a radio program for Surinamese and Antilleans on Radio 2.^[2] In 1984, he became editor in chief for the Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau in Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles.^[3] In 2002,^[1] he became advisor for the Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation.^[4] In 2005, he became chairperson of OneWorld [nl].^[5]

Khargi was advisor and speechwriter for Chan Santokhi since 2013.^[6] Originally, he had a Dutch nationality. In 2020, he changed to a Surinamese citizenship.^[4] The last ambassador to the Netherlands was Urmila Joella-Sewnundun [nl] who served until 2010. President Bouterse did not install new ambassadors, and only appointed chargé d'affaires.^[7] In November 2020, Khargi was nominated as Ambassador of Suriname to the Netherlands, and was installed on 10 February 2021.^[8]

• Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.^[5]