Ramsewak Shankar (born November 6 1937) is a Surinamese politician who was the 4th President of Suriname from 1988 to 1990. He was previously Agriculture & Fisheries Minister from 1969 to 1971. He studied at Wageningen University in the Netherlands.He was elected as President by the National Assembly after a parliamentary electionwas held in November 1987 following the adoption of a new constitution by the rulingmilitary regime.
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