Rudi André Kamperveen (27 September 1924 – 8 December 1982) was a Surinamese football player, sports administrator, politician and businessman.

During his playing career, the centre forward represented and captained the Suriname national football team in the 1940s.

He started playing as an 11-year-old on the Dr. Sophie Redmond Straat and signs of potential were noticeable at an early age.

[3] Kamperveen joined the military club MVV during his service, competing in the Hoofdklasse, the top flight of football in Suriname.

He became the first professional football player from Suriname, joining a club that was used to winning, this proved to be a big change for Kamperveen, where he learned Brazilian Portuguese in order to communicate with his teammates.

Kamperveen was called up to play for the Caribbean All-Star team together with Michel Kruin and Humphrey Mijnals from Suriname.

He scored two goals in the opening match for the Caribbean All-Stars against the Suriname national team in a 2–2 draw.

[3] He scored two goals against Racing Club Heemstede on 19 August 1956 in a 2–1 win in the first round of the KNVB Cup.

[5] Kamperveen scored a goal in the opening match, which saw the national team play Ajax at the De Meer Stadion ending in a 2–2 draw.

[5] In 1951, the Suriname national team played a series of friendly matches against Náutico from Recife, Brazil.

That year he graduated judoka in Nieuw Nickerie during half time of a football match as manager of S.V.

[3] On 15 December 1950 the first edition of 'Sport Ontspannings Kroniek' (also known as SOK) was published as a weekly sports newspaper.

Radio ABC is a popular station in Suriname, blending news, activities, sports, humor and a lot of music.

[10] Kamperveen held many administrative roles in regards to recreation, youth and sports throughout his entrepreneurial career.

In 1957 he graduated with an A-level diploma from the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB), having completed studies at the CIOS and attending the Sportshochschule in West Germany.

[3] Administrative positions held over the years include: That year Kamperveen as vice-president of FIFA appeared along the center circle at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, Spain as king Juan Carlos I of Spain kicked off the 1982 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony.

[12] Kamperveen would also witness the beginning of Surinamese compatriots Frank Rijkaard and Ruud Gullit's International career with the Netherlands in the buildup to the tournament before losing his life in the December murders.

[14] Following the 1980 Surinamese coup d'état, Kamperveen was appointed Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports under Minister-president Henk Chin A Sen. Due to disagreements over the political direction of the National Military Council (NMR), he denounced his position and became vocal about his opposition through writing and on live radio on his own ABC station.

Kamperveen believed the country should head in a more democratic direction, while Dési Bouterse wanted a military dictatorship.

[citation needed] On 7 December 1982 at 2:00 am, he and his wife were interrupted from their sleep by soldiers of Dési Bouterse, the then dictator of Suriname.

His guard dogs were shot and Kamperveen was taken away to Fort Zeelandia, where he and 14 other men who had voiced opposition to the military regime were heard as "suspects in a trial" by Bouterse and other sergeants in a self-appointed court.

The circumstances have not yet become completely clear; on 10 December 1982, Bouterse claimed on national television that all of the detainees had been shot dead "in an attempt to flee".

The ABC Radio building had been torched to the ground and completely destroyed on the night of the abduction as well.

Judge Valstein-Montor motivated that `Bouterse had violated the right to life, by ordering the killings after extensive torture of the detained men.

Judges in Suriname's 'court case of the century' made known on Friday 30 November 2019, the day that Bouterse and others were sentenced.

In April 2012, Bouterse adjusted an existing 1992 'Amnesty law', granting all suspects in the December murder case amnesty.

This order was made one day before the public prosecutor would make known his penalty requirement against main suspect Desi Bouterse.

For instance former ministers John Hardjoprajitno and Harvey Naarendorp were tried in this manner,[18] but with the judicial investigation in the December murder trial, it became clear that undeniably Bouterse is the main one responsible for the killings.

Suriname's 'trial of the century' addressed as such, by than minister of Justice and Police Chan Santokhi, back in 2007 has proven to indeed as Santokhi prophesied in an interview with Radio Netherlands Worldwide, that the multiple murder trial would function as 'testcase for the democratic state of law' in Suriname".

The outcome is that the main suspect, Desi Bouterse, 2 times president in row, has been convicted while being head of State.