Jan Kolhoe

Johan Somaroe (Jan) Kolhoe (c. 1918–2003/04) was a member of the Estates of Suriname in the 1950s and 1960s.

Kolhoe attended the Paulus school and then embarked on a career in education.

From 1941 to 1950 he was a teacher in Curaçao and after that he was a school principal in the district of Nickerie.

[1] At the 1955 Surinamese general election he was a shadow candidate for the VHP and three years later the two seats in the Estates of Suriname for the Nickerie district went to the NOP members Poetoe and Kolhoe.

[3] In 1974, Kolhoe was made knight in the Order of Orange Nassau.