Evert Gonesh
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| name = Evert Gonesh
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| caption = Evert Gonesh (Behind table/Center of image.)
| birth_name = Evert Guillaume Azimullah
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|07|27|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Paramaribo, Surinam
| office = Ambassador of Suriname to the Netherlands
| predecessor = Cyrill Ramkisor
| successor = {{ill|Edgar Amanh|nl}}
| term_start = 1994
| term_end = 2001
| nationality = Suriname
| party = Progressive Reform Party (VHP)
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Evert Guillaume Gonesh (formerly known as Evert Guillaume Azimullah;{{cite magazine|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_oso001201601_01/_oso001201601_01_0024.php |title=Recensies|page=355|magazine=OSO. Tijdschrift voor Surinaamse taalkunde, letterkunde en geschiedenis|access-date=25 December 2021|language=nl|year=2016}} born 21 August 1938) is a Surinamese diplomat, politician, and writer of Indian descent. He served as the Surinamese Ambassador to the Netherlands.
Biography
After completing of his secondary education in Suriname, Gonesh studied Political and Social Sciences at the University of Amsterdam in 1971.{{cite news|url=https://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/31546 |title=Evert Gonesh publiceert tweede boek over Lachmon |website=Star Nieuws|access-date=25 December 2021|language=nl}}
As the Independence of Suriname of 25 November 1975 approached, Evert Gonesh was entrusted with the coordination of the secretariat of the Constitutional Commission (Grondwetscommissie).{{cite news|url=https://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/55638 |title=Herinneringen van de totstandkoming Onafhankelijkheidsgrondwet 1975 |website=Star Nieuws|access-date=25 December 2021|language=nl}}
In 1983, Gonesh was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Anton de Kom University of Suriname. In May 1994, Gonesh was transferred to the Netherlands as Ambassador.{{cite news|url=https://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/ambassadeur-suriname~bca5de3b/ |title=Ambassadeur Suriname|website=Trouw|date=29 April 1994|language=nl|access-date=25 December 2021}} He was also accredited as non-resident Ambassador of Suriname for Russia.{{cite web|url=https://brazil.mid.ru/web/brasil_pt/45th-anniversary-of-bilateral-relations |title=45th anniversary of bilateral relations|website=Embaixada da Federação da Rússia na República Federativa do Brasil |access-date=25 December 2021}}
As the first (non-resident) Surinamese ambassador to the Holy See,{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/speeches/1995/november/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_19951116_amb-suriname.html |title=ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II TO H.E. Mr EVERT GUILLAUME AZIMULLAH, FIRST AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME TO THE HOLY SEE*|date=16 November 1995|website=Libreria Editrice Vaticana|access-date=25 December 2021}} he was in 1998 decorated by the pope with the Grand Cross in the Order of Saint Gregory.{{cn|date=December 2021}} >
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Category:Surinamese people of Indian descent
Category:Ambassadors of Suriname to the Netherlands
Category:Ambassadors of Suriname to the Holy See
Category:Ambassadors of Suriname to Russia
Category:Progressive Reform Party (Suriname) politicians
Category:University of Amsterdam alumni
Category:Academic staff of Anton de Kom University of Suriname