Johan Somaroe (Jan) Kolhoe (c. 1918–2003/04) was a member of the

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in the

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and

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. Kolhoe attended the Paulus school and then embarked on a career in education. From 1941 to 1950 he was a teacher in Curaçao and after that he was a school principal in the district of Nickerie. At the

1955 Surinamese general election General elections were held in Suriname on 29 March 1955. Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p614 The result was a victory for the Unity Front, which won 11 of the 21 seats. Results Elected members ...

he was a shadow candidate for the VHP and three years later the two seats in the

for the Nickerie district went to the NOP members Poetoe and Kolhoe. At the 1963 elections, he unsuccessfully ran for Action Front in the Saramacca district and in 1973 the same happened when he was an

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candidate at that district. Kolhoe became chief inspector of education after he retired. In 1974, Kolhoe was made knight in the Order of Orange Nassau. Kolhoe died in 2003 or 2004.

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Members of the National Assembly (Suriname) 1910s births 2000s deaths Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau {{Suriname-bio-stub