# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ramsewak-shankar
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:40:26.309Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ramsewak-shankar"
name: "Ramsewak Shankar"
slug: "ramsewak-shankar"
description: "Ramsewak Shankar is a Surinamese politician who was the 4th President of Suriname, serving from 1988 to 1990. His government was overthrown by Dési Bouterse leading a bloodless military coup. Shankar had previously served as Agriculture & Fisheries Minister from 1969 to 1971."
tagline: "4th President of Suriname"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ramsewak_Shankar_2023.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1937-11-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.498161764705882
  historical:           17.31170266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump