Grace Betty Watamaleo is a Surinamese politician who has served as Captain of the indigenous village

Marijkedorp Marijkedorp (Lokono: ''Wan Shi Sha'') is a village of indigenous Lokono people in the Albina resort of the Marowijne District of Suriname. Grace Watamaleo has been the village captain since 2011.Ministerie van Regionale OntwikkelingAmbtelijke del ...

since 2011. She was also a member of the National Assembly of Suriname from 2015 to 2020, representing

Marowijne District Marowijne is a district of Suriname, located on the north-east coast. Marowijne's capital city is Albina, with other towns including Moengo and Wanhatti. The district borders the Atlantic Ocean to the north, French Guiana to the east, the Sur ...

for the National Democratic Party (NDP).

Biography

Watamaleo is a descendant of the indigenous Lokono people. She has been the Captain (village head) of

near Albina in eastern

Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...

since 2011. She was also a civil servant for the

Commission.Ministerie van Regionale Ontwikkeling
Ambtelijke delegatie van Koksijde bezoekt Suriname
1 February 2011 During the 2015 general elections, Watamaleo ran as a candidate of the NDP in Marowijne District. She garnered 1991 votes, winning a seat in the National Assembly (DNA). In addition to her DNA membership, she continued to perform her role as captain of her village. She was not on the NDP's list of candidates for the 2020 general elections. Claudie Sabajo was nominated as the new

Lead Candidate In politics, a lead candidate (; , ) is the leader of a political party in an election to a legislative body. In parliamentary systems, it is often the party's nominee for the position of head of government. In open list electoral systems, i ...

for Marowijne.Starnieuws
In Marowijne zetelverdeling onveranderd
26 May 2020

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Watamaleo, Grace Living people Surinamese people of indigenous peoples descent Indigenous politicians of the Americas National Democratic Party (Suriname) politicians Members of the National Assembly (Suriname) People from Marowijne District 21st-century Surinamese politicians Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Surinamese women politicians