Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Dési Bouterse across 3 places, from 1945 to 2024.
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Desiré "Desi" Delano Bouterse (13 October 1945 – 23 December 2024) was a Surinamese military officer, politician, and convicted drug trafficker, who served as the eighth president of Suriname from 2010 to 2020, having previously led the country twice after a coup as a military dictator from 1980 to Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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13 October 1945exact date
Surinameattested“Desiré Delano Bouterse was born on 13 October 1945 in Domburg, located in Suriname's Wanica District.”source: Wikipedia: Dési Bouterse
13 October 1945exact date
Domburg, Surinameattested“Desiré Delano Bouterse was born on 13 October 1945 in Domburg, located in Suriname's Wanica District.”source: Wikipedia: Dési Bouterse
1968year
Netherlandsattested“In 1968, Bouterse moved to the Netherlands, where he was conscripted into the armed forces of the Netherlands ().”source: Wikipedia: Dési Bouterse
23 December 2024exact date
Surinameattested“Bouterse died following a short illness on 23 December 2024, at the age of 79, while he was in hiding at an undisclosed location in Suriname to avoid imprisonment for his conviction in the December murders.”source: Wikipedia: Dési Bouterse
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1970year
Surinamementioned“In 1970, Bouterse married Ingrid Figueira, whom he had known as a teenager in Suriname.”source: Wikipedia: Dési Bouterse
11 November 1975exact date
Surinamementioned“On 11 November 1975, Bouterse returned with his family to Suriname after it gained independence from the Netherlands.”source: Wikipedia: Dési Bouterse
11 November 1975exact date
Netherlandsmentioned“On 11 November 1975, Bouterse returned with his family to Suriname after it gained independence from the Netherlands.”source: Wikipedia: Dési Bouterse
8 December 1982exact date
Fort Zeelandia (Paramaribo)mentioned“On 7 and 8 December 1982, fifteen prominent Surinamese men who had criticised Bouterse's military dictatorship or were connected with the coup d'état attempt on 11 March 1982, were brought to Fort Zeelandia (then Bouterse's headquarters)…”source: Wikipedia: Dési Bouterse
16 July 1999exact date
Netherlandsmentioned“On 16 July 1999, Bouterse was convicted in absentia in the Netherlands to 11 years in prison for trafficking 474 kilograms of cocaine.”source: Wikipedia: Dési Bouterse
30 November 2007exact date
Surinamementioned“The trials for the December murders did not take place in Suriname until 30 November 2007.”source: Wikipedia: Dési Bouterse
2010year
National Assembly (Suriname)mentioned“In the 2010 Surinamese legislative election, Bouterse and his coalition, the Mega Combination (Mega Combinatie) became the largest bloc in the National Assembly, gaining 23 of the 51 seats.”source: Wikipedia: Dési Bouterse
23 March 2012exact date
Paramaribomentioned“Meriba was arrested again on 23 March 2012 in Paramaribo on charges of assaulting a citizen and police officer the night before in a nightclub.”source: Wikipedia: Dési Bouterse
March 2015month
Surinamementioned“He was prosecuted and in March 2015, he was sentenced to a 16-year prison term on convictions of drug smuggling and trying to help Hezbollah set up a base in Suriname.”source: Wikipedia: Dési Bouterse
23 June 2020exact date
National Assembly (Suriname)mentioned“On 23 June 2020, Bouterse announced that he did not want to take his seat in the National Assembly even though he had been elected in the 2020 Surinamese general election.”source: Wikipedia: Dési Bouterse
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