Wim van Eer

Willem Frederik "Wim" van Eer (19 December 1927 – 2 July 2011) was a Surinamese diplomat and educator.

[1] He studied pedagogy at the Nuts Academy in Rotterdam, and subsequently at the University of Utrecht.

[2] Henck Arron appointed van Eer as Minister Plenipotentiary of Suriname on 1 April 1974.

[1] On 25 February 1980, Desi Bouterse committed a coup d'état[4] On 11 March, van Eer returned to Suriname to negotiate with the new regime.

[5] He was honourably discharged effective 20 May 1980, and reassigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.