Johan Ferrier

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Johan Ferrier
1st President of Suriname
In office 1975 – August 13, 1980
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	Hendrick R. Chin A Sen
Born	May 12, 1910 (1910-05-12) (age 98) Paramaribo, Suriname

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Johan Ferrier (born May 12, 1910) was the president of Suriname from 1975 to 1980. He was that country's last governor before independence, from 1968 to 1975, and first president after it gained independence from the Netherlands. He was deposed in a military coup on August 13, 1980. Ferrier has been the world's oldest living former head of state since the death of Maltese President Anthony Mamo on May 1, 2008.^{[citation needed]}

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