Ronnie Brunswijk, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ronnie Brunswijk

Surinamese politician

Date of Birth: 07-Mar-1961

Place of Birth: Moengotapoe, Marowijne District, Suriname

Profession: politician, association football manager, association football player, resistance fighter

Nationality: Suriname

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Ronnie Brunswijk (born 7 March 1961) is a Surinamese ex-rebel leader, politician, and business man.
After having served in the early 1980s as the personal body guard of Dési Bouterse, who overthrew the government in 1980 in a military coup, Brunswijk left him and formed the Surinamese Liberation Army, better known as the Jungle Commando. Brunswijk was seeking to gain recognition and rights for the Maroon minority of the interior, descendants of African slaves who had established independent communities in the 17th and 18th centuries.
In addition, he wanted "to free Suriname from the military dictatorship." His forces fought against the national military under Bouterse in a civil war called the Surinamese Interior War.
The civil war continued from 1986 to 1990, resulting in hundreds of deaths and more than 10,000 refugees in French Guiana, and disruption of important mining industries.
Peace was negotiated in 1991. Brunswijk has remained active in politics, serving as chair of Algemene Bevrijdings- en Ontwikkelingspartij (ABOP, General Liberation and Development Party), and as a representative in the National Assembly.
In addition he is a player/owner of Marowijne football club Inter Moengotapoe.