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Surendre Sradhanand "Soerinder" Rambocus (5 May 1953[1] – 8 December 1982) was a Surinamese serviceman. For a short period, he was the highest-ranking officer of the Suriname National Army. He was involved in the unsuccessful coup d'état of March 1982 against the then dictator of Suriname, Dési Bouterse,[2] and was executed on 8 December 1982 as one of the December murders.
Biography
Rambocus was born on 5 May 1953 in the Nickerie District. He attended the Royal Military Academy in Breda, Netherlands[3] and graduated in 1978[3] on a thesis about coup d'états.[4] He then became a second lieutenant in the Suriname National Army.[3]
Background
The Netherlands granted
1980 coup d'état
On 25 February 1980, 16 non-commissioned officers of the army deposed the government, and set up a military dictatorship, led by sergeant Desi Bouterse. Rambocus was not a member of the coup plotters, however he was sympathetic to their cause,
Rambocus became more and more critical of the regime.
Rambocus coup d'état
On the night of 10 to 11 March 1982, Rambocus freed Sergeant Major Wilfred Hawker from jail. Together they committed a counter-coup, and took control of the Memre Boekoe barracks.[4] They called themselves the National Liberation Council.[3] The plan was to attack Fort Zeelandia, the headquarters of Bouterse, with a tank, however Lachman, a member of the council, defected to Bouterse with the tank,[15] and the conspirators were arrested.[3]
Hawker was executed by firing squad which was broadcast on television.[16] Baal Oemrawsingh, professor and former member of parliament, was considered the brains behind the coup. His dead body was discovered on 15 March 1982,[17] and labelled a suicide.[18] Paul Somohardjo was arrested, but received permission to visit the funeral of his grandmother. He used the opportunity to escape to the Netherlands.[19]
Rambocus and his subordinate
December murders
On the night of 7 to 8 December 1982, various people were captured by the soldiers of Bouterse and taken to Fort Zeelandia, among them the lawyers Baboeram,
On 23 March 2012,
Surendre Rambocus was the brother of, among others, the Dutch politician Nirmala Rambocus .[24]
References
- ^ Soerendra Rambocus (1953), officier
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- ^ a b "De Slachtoffers". Parbode (in Dutch). December 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "Henck Arron (1936-2000)". Historiek (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ a b "The Kingdom Of The Netherlands In The Caribbean. Suriname 1954 – 2004: Kroniek van een illusie". Rozenberg Quarterly (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ Ellen Klinkers (2016). "De opbouw van de Surinaamse Krijgsmacht". OSO. Tijdschrift voor Surinaamse taalkunde, letterkunde en geschiedenis (in Dutch). p. 256. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ Caribbean Review (1980). "The Year of the Sergeants". University of Florida. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f Surendre Rambocus: 5 mei 1953 – 8 december 1982, JessicaDikmoet.nl
- ^ a b "Ex-officier Jeff Wirht: 'Na 25 februari was er geen tijd om te slapen'". Parbode (in Dutch). 11 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ "Jozef Slagveer, De Nacht van de Revolutie". OSO. Tijdschrift voor Surinaamse Taalkunde, Letterkunde en Geschiedenis (in Dutch). 1982. p. 108.
- ^ "Officieren in Suriname vrij". Het vrije volk via Delpher (in Dutch). 3 December 1980. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ "Rambocus wacht vrijwel zeker de doodstraf". De Telegraaf via Delpher.nl (in Dutch). 23 March 1982. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ "Jammer dat die coup is mislukt". Leidse Courant (in Dutch). 15 March 1982.
- ^ "nos journaal (sergeant hawker)". VPRO Television (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ "Bloed voor de revolutie". De Groene Amsterdammer (in Dutch). 25 November 2000.
- ^ "Oemrawsinh dood gevonden". Reformatorisch Dagblad via Digibron (in Dutch). 15 March 1982. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "Surinaamse militairen". Het vrije volk via Delpher.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "Somohardjo terug en meteen aan de slag". Star Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- NPOKennis (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "Decembermoordenproces: het bewijs tegen Bouterse". Knipselkrant Curacao (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ "Surinaamse ex-minister schreef schokkend verslag over moorden". Reformatorisch Dagblad via Digibron (in Dutch). 19 October 1983.
- ^ "De gebeurtenissen in Paramaribo, Suriname, 8-13 december 1982" (PDF). Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten (in Dutch). 14 February 1983. p. 9. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "Nirmala Rambocus: 'Ik zal mijn burgerplicht voldoen'". Nickerie.net (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 May 2021.