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Brunswijk, Ronnie

LC control no.n 88032391
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Personal name headingBrunswijk, Ronnie
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Associated countrySuriname
Birth date1961
Place of birthSuriname
AffiliationSurinamese Liberation Army (SLA)
Profession or occupationRevolutionaries Bodyguards
Found inBeek, F. van der. Ronnie Brunswijk, c1987.
Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition, accessed December 27, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Brunswijk, Ronnie; revolutionary, bodyguard; born 1961 in Suriname; a Ndjuka maroon ; former presidential bodyguard; created the Surinamese Liberation Army (SLA) in response to policies adopted by military ruler Desi Bouterse that threatened the autonomy of Bush Negro communities in Suriname (1986); SLA reached a truce with the government and signed a peace treaty (1992) following democratic elections in 1991)