Mellisa Santokhi-Seenacherry
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Mellisa Santokhi-Seenacherry (née Seenacherry; Sarnami: मेलिसा संतोखी-सनिचारी; ; born 27 October 1980) is a Surinamese lawyer, and is currently also the First Lady of Suriname after she became the wife of
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Chan Santokhi.


Personal life

Seenacherry studied at the
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (abbreviated as ''VU Amsterdam'' or simply ''VU'' when in context) is a public research university in Amsterdam, Netherlands, being founded in 1880. The VU Amsterdam is one of two large, publicly funded research ...
and the Anton de Kom University of Suriname. Seenacherry became First Lady of Suriname when her long-term partner, Chan Santokhi became president on 13 July 2020 after winning 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 ...
. The couple married in a private ceremony on 19 July 2020.


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Interview
with DesiYUP Living people Surinamese women 21st-century Surinamese lawyers First Ladies of Suriname Surinamese Hindus 1983 births Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam alumni Anton de Kom University of Suriname {{Suriname-bio-stub