Henry Lucien de Vries

{{Short description|Surinamese politician and entrepreneur}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image = Henry Lucien de Vries (1966).jpg

| caption = Henry Lucien de Vries in 1966

| name = Henry Lucien de Vries

| office1 = Governor-General of Suriname

| term_start1 = 26 February 1965

| term_end1 = 12 August 1968

| successor1 = Johan Ferrier

| predecessor1 = François Haverschmidt

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1909|12|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Paramaribo, Suriname

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1987|4|6|1909|12|12|df=y}}

| death_place = Leiden, Netherlands

}}

Henry Lucien de Vries (12 December 1909 – 6 April 1987) was a Surinamese politician and entrepreneur.

De Vries was born in Paramaribo. He studied economics at the Netherlands School of Economics and law at the University of Amsterdam. He was also trained as an officer at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. In 1946, he joined De Surinaamsche Bank, where he became a member of the management board.

He served as the Chairman of the Estates of Suriname from 1947 to 1949.{{in lang|nl}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20130714135843/http://www.dna.sr/achtergrond/lijst-van-oud-voorzitters De Nationale Assemblée: Lijst van Oud-Voorzitters] Raymond Pos was initially nominated as Governor of Suriname, however he died on 5 November 1964.{{cite news|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=ABCDDD:010835295:mpeg21:a0157&resultsidentifier=ABCDDD:010835295:mpeg21:a0157&rowid=2 |title=Mr. H.L. de Vries Surinames gouverneur|website=Het Parool via Delpher.nl|date=20 January 1965|access-date=20 December 2021|language=nl}} De Vries was Governor of Suriname from 1965 to 1968.{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.parlement.com/id/vge7dtpk4jz3/h_l_hein_de_vries Mr.Drs. H.L. (Hein) de Vries], Parlement & Politiek. Retrieved on 6 November 2015. He was the half-brother of the artist Erwin de Vries.