Simon Sanches

Simon Sanches
Sanches (1948)
Born
Simon Everhardus Hendrik Sanches

(1915-08-09)9 August 1915
Died16 August 2002(2002-08-16) (aged 87)
Leiderdorp, Netherlands
Occupation(s)navy nurse, laboratory technician

Simon Everhardus Hendrik Sanches (9 August 1915 – 16 August 2002) was a Dutch navy nurse and laboratory technician who planned to commit a coup d'état in Suriname on the night of 7 to 8 November 1947. The coup was betrayed, and he was sentenced to seven months imprisonment and was later pardoned.