Harold Rusland

{{Short description|Surinamese politician (1938–2023)}}

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| name = Harold Rusland

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| birth_name = Harold Hubert Rusland

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1938|06|26}}

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2023|01|28|1938|06|26}}

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| nationality = Surinamese

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| occupation = Teacher

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| party = PNR

| office = Minister of Education

| term_start = 1980

| term_end = 1983

| predecessor = Ronald Venetiaan

| successor = G.B. Sankatsing

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Harold Hubert Rusland (26 June 1938 – 28 January 2023) was a Surinamese politician. A member of the Nationalist Republican Party, he served as Minister of Education from 1980 to 1983.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=28 January 2023|title=Oud-vakbondsleider en ex-minister Harold Rusland is niet meer|trans-title= |url=https://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/73988|language=Dutch|work=Starnieuws|location= |access-date=1 February 2023}}

His son Gregory Rusland is leader of the National Party of Suriname. His other son, {{Interlanguage link multi|Andy Rusland|nl}}, served as Minister of Finance.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.waterkant.net/suriname/2014/01/01/surinames-minister-van-financien-andy-rusland/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606105745/https://www.waterkant.net/suriname/2014/01/01/surinames-minister-van-financien-andy-rusland/ |title=Suriname’s minister van Financiën: Andy Rusland |language=Dutch |publisher=Waterkant.net |date=1 January 2014 |archive-date=6 June 2020}}

Rusland died on 28 January 2023, at the age of 84.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=28 January 2023|title=Oud-vakbondsman en -minister Harold Hubert Rusland overleden (84)|trans-title= |url=https://www.dbsuriname.com/2023/01/28/oud-vakbondsman-en-minister-harold-hubert-rusland-overleden-84/|language=Dutch|work=Dagblad Suriname|location= |access-date=1 February 2023}}