Angelic del Castilho (born 4 April 1967), also known as Angelic Alihusain-del Castilho, is a Surinamese politician of

Democratic Alternative '91 The Democratic Alternative '91 ( nl, Democratisch Alternatief '91, DA'91) is a Liberalism, liberal political party in Suriname. History The DA '91 was founded in 1991 when it split off from the National Party of Suriname. The party was founded s ...

, and a former ambassador.

Early life

Angelic del Castilho was born on 4 April 1967 in

Paramaribo Paramaribo (; ; nicknamed Par'bo) is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on the banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 241,000 people (2012 census), almost half of Suriname's ...

, Suriname. She grew up as the eldest in a family of seven children. Her father is a retired salesman for different businesses and her mother is a retired teacher. del Castilho attended secondary school at the Christus Koning School in Paramaribo and junior college at the Algemene Middelbare School in Paramaribo. She participated as a member in Leo Clubs and for a short while in the Rotaract.

Education and work experience

After del Castilho obtained her diploma from the Algemene Middelbare School she chose to study agriculture at the

Anton de Kom University Anton de Kom University ( nl, Anton de Kom Universiteit van Suriname) is the only university in Suriname. It is located in the capital, Paramaribo, and named for Anton de Kom, an anti-colonialist activist who was killed by the Nazis while in exi ...

in Paramaribo. During her studies she did research on alternative processes for the baking of bread, making use of locally available products for flour production. Her final thesis was on the cost-effective rearing of small ruminants on small and medium-sized farms. She did additional research in the Caribbean, namely on the island of Barbados. del Castilho obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in December 1997. In 2010 del Castilho obtained her Master of Arts degree in Contemporary Diplomacy, summa cum laude, from the University of Malta. During her studies del Castilho held many part-time jobs. After she graduated she had her first job at Kersten Bakery in Paramaribo. She was hired in the position of Human Resource Manager and set-up the HR department. After this first job del Castilho also worked for NGO's as a trainer/consultant charged with capacity building of grassroots organisations. del Castilho worked for the Peace Corps in Suriname as the Associate Peace Corps Director Programming and successfully selected, trained, placed and supported over 150 volunteers in a 4-year period in the position of APCD-Programming. During this period she also successfully grew the program in Suriname with 50%. In 2006 del Castilho was nominated as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary with posting Jakarta, Indonesia. In January 2011 del Castilho returned to Suriname. On 30 September 2015 she became chairperson of

, succeeding Winston Jessurun. For the

2020 Surinamese general election General elections were held in Suriname on 25 May 2020. The elections occurred concurrently with an economic crisis in Suriname, as well as the COVID-19 crisis. Electoral system The 51 seats in the National Assembly are elected using party-list p ...

del Castilho was the party list leader for

Personal life

She is married to Rudie Alihusain.

References

http://www.diplomacy.edu/sites/default/files/EL_Angelic%20Caroline%20Alihusain-del%20Castilho.pdf http://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/3403 http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/09/29/a-taste-java-a-faraway-land.html

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