Winston Jessurun (born 5 April 1952) is a Surinamese politician and plastic surgeon. He was member of the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repr ...

for the

Democratic Alternative '91 The Democratic Alternative '91 (, DA'91) is a liberal political party in Suriname. History The DA '91 was founded in 1991 when it split off from the National Party of Suriname. The party was founded shortly before the 1991 general election. Th ...

between 1991 and 2015 for

Paramaribo District Paramaribo is a district of Suriname, coextensive with the capital city of Paramaribo. Paramaribo district has a population of 240,924, almost half the population of the entire country, and an area of 182 km2. The area was first colon ...

Career

Jessurun was born on 5 April 1952 in

Coronie District Coronie is a district of Suriname, situated on the coast. Coronie's capital city is Totness, Suriname, Totness. The district border the Atlantic Ocean to the north, the Surinamese district of Saramacca District, Saramacca to the east, the Suriname ...

. The party

(DA'91) was founded in 1991 when it split off from the

National Party of Suriname The National Party of Suriname (, NPS) is a political party in Suriname, founded in 1946, and since June 2012 led by Gregory Rusland. For a long time it was the largest ruling party in the country, and it has been in government for a total of ove ...

. Jessurun was one of the founders, together with Gerard Brunings. Jessurun contested the

1991 Surinamese general election General elections were held in Suriname on 25 May 1991.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p614 The result was a victory for the New Front for Democracy and Development (an alliance of the National Party ...

for the DA'91 and won a seat. He served five more terms. For the 2010 elections Jessurun and the DA'91 joined the political alliance

New Front for Democracy and Development The New Front for Democracy and Development () was a social-democratic political alliance in Suriname. At the legislative elections (25 May 2005), the alliance won 41.2% of the popular votes and 23 out of 51 seats in the National Assembly. And a ...

. For the

2015 elections Africa * 2015 Beninese parliamentary election 26 April 2015 * 2015 Burkinabé general election 29 November 2015 * 2015 Burundian legislative election 29 June 2015 * 2015 Burundian presidential election 21 July 2015 * 2015-16 Central African gene ...

Jessurun was named the top candidate on the party list. He and the DA'91 entered the elections as part of the political alliance V7. He was not re-elected. On 30 September 2015 he was succeeded as chairperson of Democratic Alternative '91 by Angelic del Castilho. Jessurun became honorary chairperson.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jessurun, Winston 1952 births Living people Democratic Alternative '91 politicians Members of the National Assembly (Suriname) People from Coronie District