Editing Henck Arron (section)

{{Short description|First Suriname Prime Minister (1936–2000)}}
{{distinguish|Hank Aaron}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| alt          =
| image        = Henck Arron Schiphol persconferentie 1988 (cropped).jpg
| caption      = Henck Arron in 1988
| office1      = [[Prime Minister of Suriname]]
| monarch1     = [[Queen Juliana]] (1973–1975)
| governor_general1  = Johan Ferrier (1973–1975)
| president1   = [[Johan Ferrier]] (1975–1980)
| term_start1  = 24 December 1973
| term_end1    = 25 February 1980
| predecessor1 = [[Jules Sedney]]
| successor1   = [[Henk Chin A Sen]]
| office      = 1st [[Vice President of Suriname]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Historie Vice Presidenten: Overzicht van alle Vicepresidenten van Suriname vanaf 1987 |url=http://www.gov.sr/kabinet-van-de-vice-president/over-het-kabinet-van-de-vicepresident/historie.aspx |website=Kabinet van de Vicepresident |publisher=De Overheid van de Republiek Suriname |access-date=3 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140914/http://www.gov.sr/kabinet-van-de-vice-president/over-het-kabinet-van-de-vicepresident/historie.aspx |archive-date=12 June 2018 |language=nl |date=13 August 2010}}</ref>
| president   = [[Ramsewak Shankar]] 
| term_start  = 25 January 1988
| term_end    = 24 December 1990
| predecessor = ''Office Established''
| successor   = [[Jules Wijdenbosch]]
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1936|4|25|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Paramaribo]], Suriname
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|2000|12|4|1936|4|25|df=y}}
| death_place  = [[Alphen aan den Rijn]], Netherlands<ref name="nyt"/>
| birthname    = Henck Alphonsus Eugène Arron
| spouse       = Antoinette Leeuwin
| party        = [[National Party of Suriname]] 
<!-- | religion     = [[Roman Catholicism]] -->
}}
'''Henck Alphonsus Eugène Arron''' (25 April 1936 – 4 December 2000) was a Surinamese politician who served as the first [[List of Prime Ministers of Suriname|Prime Minister of Suriname]] after it gained independence in 1975.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/06/world/henck-arron-64-who-guided-suriname-to-independence-in-75.html|title=Henck Arron, 64, Who Guided Suriname to Independence in '75|website=New York Times|date=6 December 2000|access-date=22 June 2020}}</ref> A member of the [[National Party of Suriname]], he served from 24 December 1973 with the transition government, to 25 February 1980. He was overthrown in a [[1980 Surinamese coup d'état|coup d'état]] by the military, led by [[Dési Bouterse]]. Released in 1981 after charges of corruption were dropped, he returned to banking, his previous career. In 1987, Arron was elected as Vice President of Suriname and served until another [[1990 Surinamese coup d'état|coup in 1990]] overthrew the government.