| Honorific Prefix: | His Excellency |
| Albert Ramdin | |
| Birth Name: | Albert Ramchand Ramdin |
| Birth Date: | 27 February 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Suriname District, Suriname |
| Office1: | Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation |
| Term Start1: | 16 July 2020 |
| Predecessor1: | Yldiz Pollack-Beighle |
| Office2: | Assistant Secretary General of Organization of American States |
| Term Start2: | 19 July 2005 |
| Term End2: | July 2015 |
| Party: | Progressive Reform Party (VHP) |
| Occupation: | Diplomat, politician |
| Nationality: | Surinamese |
Albert Ramchand Ramdin (born 27 February 1958)[1] is a Surinamese diplomat serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Santokhi cabinet since 16 July 2020.[2] He is a member of the Progressive Reform Party (VHP). He was a diplomat until 2015 and was, among other roles, Assistant Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS).
Ramdin was born in Suriname District and went to secondary school in the capital city of Paramaribo.[3] After completing secondary school, he left for the Netherlands where he studied social geography at the University of Amsterdam and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.[4]
In 1991, Ramdin became the Director of the HIMOS Development Agency in Oegstgeest, Netherlands.[5] In 1997, Ramdin was appointed as the Permanent Representative of the Organization of American States (OAS) for Suriname.[6]
In 1999, he became assistant general for external relations at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). In 2001, Ramdin became adviser to the Secretary General of the OAS. On 7 June 2005, Radmin was elected Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States, and took office on 19 July 2005.[7]
In July 2015, he returned to Suriname where he worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[8] In August 2015, approximately a month after his return to Suriname, he was appointed by Minister Niermala Badrising as Ambassador at Large.[9] In May 2016, Ramdin started working for the American gold mining company Newmont Corporation.[10]
On 16 July 2020, Ramdin became Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation in the cabinet of Santokhi.[2] In August 2020, he was the first Surinamese member of government in ten years to pay an official visit to the Netherlands.[11]