Harry Francois Sewberath Misser (15 February 1895 – 16 August 1961) was a

Suriname Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America, also considered as part of the Caribbean and the West Indies. It is a developing country with a Human Development Index, high level of human development; i ...

se civil servant and politician of the VHP. He was born in Suriname as son of

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n immigrants and Rammaneruth was his given name. In 1925 he officially chose to be called Harry Francois Sewberath Misser. He was working as district clerk and eventually he became the district secretary of Saramacca. Besides that he was also a politician. At the

1951 Surinamese general election General elections were held in Surinam on 14 March 1951.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p614 The result was a victory for the National Party of Suriname, which won 13 of the 21 seats. Results Ele ...

Sewberath Misser was elected in the Saramacca District to become a member of the

Estates of Suriname The National Assembly (, commonly abbreviated "DNA") is the Parliament, representing the legislative branch of government in Suriname. It is a unicameral legislature. The assembly has been situated in the former park house at the Independence S ...

. At the election in 1955 he was reelected and the NPS lost 11 of their 13 seats. VHP-leader

Jagernath Lachmon Jagernath Lachmon, also Jaggernath Lachmon, (21 September 1916 – 19 October 2001) was a Surinamese politician. He was one of the founders of the Progressive Reform Party (VHP), an Indo-Surinamese party founded in 1947 of which he served as Pre ...

offered two of the elected VHP members would give up their place in parliament in favour of NPS members. Sewberath Misser did so and as planned

Johan Adolf Pengel Johan Adolf "Jopie" Pengel (20 January 1916 – 5 June 1970) was a Surinamese politician, and prime minister of Suriname from 30 June 1963 to 5 March 1969 for the National Party of Suriname (NPS). Biography Pengel was born in Paramaribo on 20 Ja ...

was elected in the resulting by-election. In 1961 Sewberath Misser died at the age of 66.Nieuw Suriname, 26 August 1961

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Members of the National Assembly (Suriname) Progressive Reform Party (Suriname) politicians 1895 births 1961 deaths Indo-Surinamese people Surinamese politicians of Indian descent {{Suriname-politician-stub