Dew Sharman
Dewanchandrebhose Sharman is a Surinamese doctor and politician. He is a member of the National Assembly for the Progressive Reform Party. In 2015, he was first elected to the National Assembly by preferential votes. In 2020, Sharman was elected Vice Chairman of the National Assembly in an uncontested election.
Biography
Sharman was born on 20 February 1965 in the rural village of Paradise, Suriname. After graduating from high school, hewent to the boarding school Zaailand Internaat in Paramaribo, and graduated from the Anton de Kom University as a medical doctor at the primary health level. Sharman started to work at the Regional Health Service.
Sharman first tried to run for National Assembly for the VHP in the 2010 elections, however the VHP campaign was based on a vote for the main candidate, and he did not receive enough votes. Sharman tried again in the 2015 elections, and campaigned for direct votes. He was elected with 12,217 votes, the second highest number of votes for a single candidate in Paramaribo after Desi Bouterse.