Amar Ramadhin

Minister of Public Health | Suriname

Minister Ramadhin is the Minister of Public Health. Amar was appointed on July 16, 2020. He became an executive in the Progressive Reform Party (VHP) in 1999. He was also temporarily appointed to head the COVID-19 management team.

Amar is a general practitioner by profession, and holds a doctorandus title. He started teaching at the IBW University in Paramaribo. In 2012, he started at the Medisch Centrum Macdonald in Paramaribo, and until 2020 worked at the General Practitioner Clinic CuraMed in Zorg en Hoop, Paramaribo. He is a member of the medical staff of the Surinamese Football Association, and since 2019, a staff member of the Vereniging van Medici in Suriname (Association of Medical Professionals).