Niermala Badrising

Ambassador to the U.S. | Suriname

Ambassador Badrising is Suriname’s Ambassador to the United States of America. Niermala was appointed on July 21 2017. She is the former Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Niermala started working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1989. She kept working there until 1996, which included a term as Head of the United Section at the Department of International Organizations. Between 1998 and 2012 she worked as senior advisor and chief coordinator at the Office of the President of Suriname. In November 2011 she was appointed as Permanent Representative of Suriname to the Organization of American States, with co-accreditations to the Inter-American Development Bank and Worldbank.

Niermala obtained a master’s degree in International Studies from the International Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, Netherlands. In 2007 she obtained a master’s degree in International Relations and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University in the United States. She also has a licentiate degree in law from the Anton de Kom University of Suriname, where she specialized in international labor law and international relations.