Henry Lucien de Vries


Henry Lucien de Vries was a Surinamese politician and entrepreneur.
De Vries was born in Paramaribo. He studied economics at the Netherlands School of Economics and law at the University of Amsterdam. He was also trained as an officer at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. In 1946, he joined De Surinaamsche Bank, where he became a member of the Management Board.
He served as the Chairman of the Estates of Suriname from 1947 to 1949. He was Governor of Suriname from 1965 to 1968.