Ashwin Adhin
| Ashwin Adhin | |
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| 8th Vice President of Suriname | |
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Assumed office 12 August 2015 |
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| President | Dési Bouterse |
| Preceded by | Robert Ameerali |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
10 June 1980 Paramaribo |
| Political party | National Democratic Party |
Michael Ashwin Satyandre Adhin (born 10 June 1980) is a Surinamese educator and politician and the Vice President of Suriname since 2015. He is a member of the National Democratic Party. He is the youngest Vice President in the history of Suriname, chairing the Council of Ministers at the age of 35.
In July 2013 he became Minister of Education in the cabinet of President Dési Bouterse, replacing Shirley Sitaldin. After the 2015 Surinamese general election, in which Adhin was elected to the National Assembly for the electoral district of Paramaribo, he was inaugurated as Vice President on 12 August 2015.
Adhin has an Engineers degree in Information Technology from the Anton de Kom University of Suriname and an Electrical Engineering Degree from the Delft University of Technology, located in the Netherlands.
Before embarking on a political career, he served as an educator at the Anton de Kom University of Suriname.
In May 2011 Adhin was appointed the new chairman of the Cultural Union Suriname. Adhin who has been active within social cultural organizations for the past 13 years, remains to place emphasis on the importance of the role of culture for development, consciousness creation, appreciation of one's heritage, and for stimulating the achievement of common goals through active and collective participation of individuals. It was his leadership qualities during the preparation of the 140 years Indian Immigration national festivities, which caught the attention of President Bouterse, who later on appointed him Minister of Education and Community Development in July 2013. Adhin has also been an active member of the Vishva Hindu Parishad Suriname and foundation Mata Gauri.
From 2013 to 2015 Adhin served as Minister of Education and Community Development. He announced a total restructuring of the Ministry to improve the results within the education sector in Suriname.
In August 2013 Adhin launched the Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) method of education in Suriname. A taskforce was installed on November 1, 2013, to work towards the establishment of a National Training Authority making use of an existing Caricom strategy. This national authority was to be responsible for closing the gap between the education system and the demand of the private sector labor markets, the certification of various professions as well as the quality assurance of courses within the Suriname education system.
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