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Rajendre Khargi (27 July 1955) is a Surinamese
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and
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. He has worked for the
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and
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among others. He was an advisor and
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for
Chan Santokhi Chandrikapersad "Chan" Santokhi (; , ; born 3 February 1959) is a Surinamese politician and former police officer who is the 9th president of Suriname, since 2020. After winning the 2020 elections, Santokhi was the sole nominee for president o ...
. Since 10 February 2021, he serves as Ambassador of Suriname to the Netherlands.


Biography

Khargi was born on 27 July 1955 in
Paramaribo Paramaribo ( , , ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of Suriname, located on the banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 241,000 people (2012 census), almost half of Suriname's p ...
. In 1974, he started to work as a radio reporter for the
Nederlandse Omroep Stichting The (; NOS or rarely ; ) is one of the broadcasting organisations making up the Dutch public broadcasting system. It has a special statutory obligation to make news and sports programmes for the three Dutch public television channels and the ...
. He was the editor of ''Het Zwarte Schaap'', a radio program for Surinamese and Antilleans on Radio 2. In 1984, he became editor in chief for the
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in
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and the Netherlands Antilles. In 2002, he became advisor for the Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation. In 2005, he became chairperson of . Khargi was advisor and speechwriter for
Chan Santokhi Chandrikapersad "Chan" Santokhi (; , ; born 3 February 1959) is a Surinamese politician and former police officer who is the 9th president of Suriname, since 2020. After winning the 2020 elections, Santokhi was the sole nominee for president o ...
since 2013. Originally, he had a Dutch nationality. In 2020, he changed to a Surinamese citizenship. The last ambassador to the Netherlands was who served until 2010. President Bouterse did not install new ambassadors, and only appointed ''
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''. In November 2020, Khargi was nominated as Ambassador of Suriname to the Netherlands, and was installed on 10 February 2021.


Honours

* Knight of the
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.


References

Living people 1955 births People from Paramaribo Ambassadors of Suriname to the Netherlands Dutch journalists Dutch speechwriters Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau Surinamese diplomats Indo-Surinamese people Surinamese politicians of Indian descent {{Suriname-bio-stub