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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Evert Gonesh
| image = Surinamecatalogus uitreiking2.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Evert Gonesh (Behind table/Center of image.)
| birth_name = Evert Guillaume Azimullah
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|07|27|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Paramaribo]], [[Surinam (Dutch colony)|Surinam]]
| office = [[Ambassador of Suriname to the Netherlands]]
| predecessor = {{ill|Cyrill Ramkisor|nl}}
| successor = {{ill|Edgar Amanh|nl}}
| term_start = 1994
| term_end = 2001
| nationality = Suriname
| party = [[Progressive Reform Party (Suriname)|Progressive Reform Party]] (VHP)
| years_active =
| known_for =
| notable_works =
}}
'''Evert Guillaume Gonesh''' (formerly known as '''Evert Guillaume Azimullah''';<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_oso001201601_01/_oso001201601_01_0024.php |title=Recensies|page=355|magazine=OSO. Tijdschrift voor Surinaamse taalkunde, letterkunde en geschiedenis|access-date=25 December 2021|language=nl|year=2016}}</ref> born 21 August 1938) is a [[Suriname]]se [[diplomat]], [[politician]], and writer of [[India]]n descent. He served as the Surinamese Ambassador to the Netherlands.

==Biography==
After completing of his secondary education in Suriname, Gonesh studied Political and Social Sciences at the [[University of Amsterdam]] in 1971.<ref name="star">{{cite news|url=https://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/31546 |title=Evert Gonesh publiceert tweede boek over Lachmon |website=Star Nieuws|access-date=25 December 2021|language=nl}}</ref>

As the [[Independence of Suriname]] of 25 November 1975 approached, Evert Gonesh was entrusted with the coordination of the secretariat of the Constitutional Commission (Grondwetscommissie).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/55638 |title=Herinneringen van de totstandkoming Onafhankelijkheidsgrondwet 1975 |website=Star Nieuws|access-date=25 December 2021|language=nl}}</ref>

In 1983, Gonesh was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the [[Anton de Kom University]] of Suriname.<ref name="star"/> In May 1994, Gonesh was transferred to the Netherlands as Ambassador.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/ambassadeur-suriname~bca5de3b/ |title=Ambassadeur Suriname|website=Trouw|date=29 April 1994|language=nl|access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref> He was also accredited as non-resident Ambassador of Suriname for Russia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://brazil.mid.ru/web/brasil_pt/45th-anniversary-of-bilateral-relations |title=45th anniversary of bilateral relations|website=Embaixada da Federação da Rússia na República Federativa do Brasil |access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref>
As the first (non-resident) Surinamese ambassador to the [[Holy See]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/speeches/1995/november/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_19951116_amb-suriname.html |title=ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II TO H.E. Mr EVERT GUILLAUME AZIMULLAH, FIRST AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME TO THE HOLY SEE*|date=16 November 1995|website=Libreria Editrice Vaticana|access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref> he was in 1998 decorated by the pope with the Grand Cross in the Order of Saint Gregory.{{cn|date=December 2021}} On 1 March 2000, nine kg of cocaine was discovered in the [[Diplomatic bag|diplomatic mail]] from Suriname.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2000/03/03/vondst-cocaine-in-diplomatieke-post-suriname-7484908-a623276 |title=Vondst cocaïne in diplomatieke post Suriname |website=NRC |date=3 March 2000|url-access=subscription|quote="In de diplomatieke post uit Suriname is afgelopen woensdag op Schiphol een partij van negen kilo cocaïne aangetroffen" = "Last wednesday, nine kilograms of cocaine was discovered in the diplomatic mail from Suriname"|language=nl}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.digibron.nl/viewer/collectie/Digibron/offset/3/zoekwoord/suriname+diplomatieke+post/id/tag:RD.nl,20000303:newsml_22fcdf4e2c5ed87e65fd6637c14202dc |title=Drugs ontdekt in diplomatieke post Suriname|date=3 March 2000|website=Reformatorisch Dagblad via Digibron|access-date=20 January 2020}}</ref> Fours couriers transporting the mail were arrested,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/zware-eisen-in-diplomatieke-cokesmokkel~b9e96bb3/ |title=Zware eisen in 'diplomatieke' cokesmokkel |website=Trouw|date=23 August 2001|language=nl|access-date=20 January 2022}}</ref> and were sentenced to seven years imprisonment.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.digibron.nl/viewer/collectie/Digibron/offset/2/zoekwoord/suriname+diplomatieke+post/id/tag:RD.nl,20020201:newsml_3facd134d1a62dfb9717ab4235703a49 |title=Zeven jaar cel voor smokkel per diplomatieke post |website=Reformatorisch Dagblad via Digibron|language=nl|access-date=20 January 2020}}</ref>

In 2001 Gonesh retired.<ref name="star"/>

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[[Category:1938 births]]
[[Category:Surinamese people of Indian descent]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of Suriname to the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Progressive Reform Party (Suriname) politicians]]
[[Category:University of Amsterdam alumni]]
[[Category:Anton de Kom University of Suriname faculty]]
[[Category:Surinamese male writers]]

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