Jerry Slijngard
Jerry Slijngard
Director of the National Coordination Centre for Emergency Management (NCCR)
Assumed office
2003
Director of the Coast Guard
Assumed office
2013
Military service
Allegiance Suriname
Branch/service Surinamese Land Forces
RankColonel

Jerry Slijngard is a Surinamese Army colonel and public official. [1] In 2003, he was appointed to head the National Coordination Centre for Emergency Management (NCCR).[2] In 2013, he was appointed to head the newly created Coast Guard.[3][4]

COVID-19 pandemic

At the announcement of the first COVID-19 infection in Suriname, Slijngard was appointed as a member of the National COVID-19 Crisis Management Team, tasked with coordinating the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Suriname. After Antoine Joly, the French ambassador to Suriname, tested positive on 24 April 2020,[5] Danielle Veira, the Director of the COVID-19 Crisis Management Team, went into quarantine. [6] Jerry Slijngard was appointed as Acting Director in her absence.[6] Veira returned to resume her duties on 2 April 2020.[7]

On 8 April 2020, the law Exceptional Condition Covid 19 (State of Emergency) was approved by the National Assembly.[8] This law created the COVID-19 Crisis Management Team, on which Slijngard served in his capacity as Director of the National Coordination Centre for Emergency Management (NCCR)[9]

On 11 June 2020, it was announced that Jerry Slijngard, part of the COVID-19 management team, had tested positive for COVID-19.[10] He was released from hospital on 24 June after recovering.[11] After the 2020 election, the COVID-19 Crisis Management Team members were replaced on 16 July 2020 by the incoming government.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "The Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean Suriname 1954-2004 - Chronicle of an illusion (in Dutch)". Rozenberg Quarterly. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "Ready for the disaster (in Dutch)". Parbode. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "Slijngaard: Boat first visible result Coast Guard (in Dutch)". Star Nieuws. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "Coast Guard (in Dutch)". gov.sr. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "French Ambassador in isolation in Wanica Hospital (in Dutch)". De Ware Tijd. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  6. 1 2 "France Ambassador 8th Covid 19 victim (in Dutch)". Suriname News. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  7. ↑ "Director DNV Veira out of quarantine". Suriname Herald. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "Law Exceptional Condition Covid 19 has been approved (in Dutch)". Suriname Herald. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  9. ↑ "Law Exceptional Condition - Article 2 (pdf in Dutch)" (PDF). Foundation for Law in Suriname (SRiS). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  10. ↑ "Jerry Slijngard infect with new Coronavirus (in Dutch)". De Ware Tijd. Archived from the original on 14 June 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  11. ↑ "Kolonel Slijngard ontslagen uit ziekenhuis". Suriname Herald (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  12. ↑ "Malti Sardjoe mogelijk nieuwe voorzitter Covid-19 Managementteam". GFC Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 July 2020.
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