house arrest. A year later, he was selected as managing director of the Surinamese People's Credit Bank. In 1987, the United Nations, Netherlands, France, and United States pressured the military government to negotiate, and Suriname saw a return to democracy. That year Arron was elected as Vice President of Suriname (and therefore Chairman of the Council of Ministers), serving from 26 January 1988 to 24 December 1990. Ramsewak Shankar was elected as president. Their government was overthrown in 1990 in another coup by Bouterse and the military. In December 2000, Arron was invited by the Royal Tropical Institute to the Netherlands to talk about 25 years of Surinamese independence. On the evening of 4 December, he died at the home of his brother as a result of cardiac arrest. Gallery Honours Suriname: Grand Cordon (Grootlint), Honorary Order of the Yellow Star (2000) References External links 1936 births 2000 deaths Finance ministers of Suriname Grand Cordons of the Honorary Order of the Yellow Star Surinamese independence activists Leaders ousted by a coup National Party of Suriname politicians People from Paramaribo Prime Ministers of Suriname Surinamese bankers 20th-century Surinamese businesspeople Surinamese Roman Catholics Vice presidents of Suriname