# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chan-santokhi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:56:11.777Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chan-santokhi"
name: "Chan Santokhi"
slug: "chan-santokhi"
description: "Chandrikapersad \"Chan\" Santokhi was a Surinamese politician and police officer who served as the ninth president of Suriname from 2020 to 2025. After winning the 2020 elections, Santokhi was the sole nominee for president of Suriname. On 13 July, Santokhi was elected president by acclamation in an uncontested election. He was inaugurated on 16 July."
tagline: "President of Suriname from 2020 to 2025"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%B8_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1959-02-03"
deathDate: "2026-03-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             15
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump