Jerry Slijngard

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]

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 Suriname Army
RankColonel

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 - Cronicle 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. "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). Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  10. "Jerry Slijngard infect with new Coronavirus (in Dutch)". De Ware Tijd. 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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