Louis Alfred Gerardus Doedel (26 July 1905 – 10 January 1980) was a Surinamese trade unionist.
[2] He found a job at the taxation office, however, his revolutionary ideas drew the attention of the police.
[3] On 28 October 1931, a protest organised by Doedel turned into a two-day riot resulting in one death, two wounded, and 56 arrests.
[5] On 18 March 1938, Doedel wrote a letter to Kielstra apologising for the incident, and asked to be allowed to work on a piece of land in Saramacca.
[5] In 1999, Frank Zichem [nl] created a documentary about Nina Jurna, his niece, trying to piece together the story of her great-uncle.