Suriname in 1989. Later life Sedney was the oldest bridge player of Suriname. In 1997, he published De toekomst van ons verleden (The Future of Our Past), a political history of Suriname from 1948 onward. This book included evaluations of Suriname's parliamentary democracy prior to the coup d'état and provided recommendations for strengthening democracy. Successive editions were published in 2010 and 2017. In 2016, he was awarded honorary membership by the VHP. In 2016, the New Harbour in Paramaribo was renamed Dr Jules Sedney – Haven van Paramaribo to recognize his involvement in its founding. Sedney died on 18 June 2020. He had been hospitalized just prior to his death. Selected publications Jules Sedney, Het werkgelegenheidsaspect van het Surinaamse Tienjaren Plan (The Employment Aspect of the Surinamese Ten-Year Plan). (1955) Amsterdam: S. J. P. Bakker. Doctoral Dissertation. Jules Sedney, Ontwerp grondwet van de Pendawa Lima (Concept Constitution). (1986) Amsterdam: S.V.R-Pendawa Lima Jules Sedney, De Toekomst van Ons Verleden: Democratie, Etniciteit en Politieke Machtsvorming in Suriname (The Future of Our Past: Democracy, Ethnicity and Political Power in Suriname). (1997, 1st ed.) Paramaribo: VACO Publishers. Honours : Grand Cordon (Grootlint), Honorary Order of the Yellow Star (November 2008) References |- |- 1922 births 2020 deaths People from Paramaribo Prime Ministers of Suriname Grand Cordons of the Honorary Order of the Yellow Star Finance ministers of Suriname Surinamese bankers Surinamese economists Surinamese historians University of Amsterdam alumni Surinamese contract bridge players Surinamese exiles Governors of the Central Bank of Suriname