List of prime ministers of Suriname
Prime Minister of Suriname | |
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Minister-president van Suriname | |
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![]() Henck Arron 24 December 1973 – 25 February 1980 | |
Status | Head of government |
Member of | Cabinet of Suriname |
Seat | Paramaribo |
Appointer | Governor of Suriname (1949–1975) President of Suriname (1975–1988) |
Formation | 3 June 1949 |
First holder | Julius Caesar de Miranda |
Final holder | Jules Wijdenbosch |
Abolished | 26 January 1988 |
Succession | Vice President of Suriname |
Deputy | Deputy Prime Minister of Suriname |
This article lists the prime ministers of Suriname from 1949 to 1988. In 1988 the position of Prime Minister of Suriname was abolished and replaced by a vice president, who chairs the Council of Ministers ex officio.
List of prime ministers
- Political parties
Surinamese Democratic Party [nl] (SDP)
Progressive National Party (PNP)
Nationalist Republican Party (PNR)
Progressive Reform Party (VHP)
February 25th Movement (VFB)
Independent
- Status
Denotes Acting Prime Minister
Prime Minister | Term of office | Political party | Election | Head(s) of state | ||||
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No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||
Surinam (colony of the Dutch Empire) | ||||||||
1 | ![]() | Julius Caesar de Miranda (1906–1956) | 3 June 1949 | 2 April 1951 | 1 year, 303 days | PSV | 1949 | Juliana |
– | ![]() | Jacques Drielsma (1886–1974) | 5 April 1951 | 4 June 1951 | 60 days | Independent | — | |
2 | ![]() | Jan Buiskool (1899–1960) | 4 June 1951 | 6 September 1952 | 1 year, 94 days | Independent | 1951 | |
3 | ![]() | Adriaan Alberga (1887–1952) | 6 September 1952 | 4 December 1952 | 89 days | Independent | — | |
4 | ![]() | Archibald Currie (1888–1986) | 4 December 1952 | 20 August 1954 | 2 years, 11 days | NPS | ||
20 August 1954 | 15 December 1954 | |||||||
Suriname (constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) | ||||||||
4 | ![]() | Archibald Currie (1888–1986) | 15 December 1954 | 16 April 1955 | 122 days | NPS | — | Juliana |
5 | ![]() | Johan Ferrier (1910–2010) | 16 April 1955 | 25 June 1958 | 3 years, 70 days | SDP [nl] | 1955 | |
6 | ![]() | Severinus Desiré Emanuels (1910–1981) | 25 June 1958 | 30 June 1963 | 5 years, 5 days | NPS | 1958 | |
7 | ![]() | Johan Adolf Pengel (1916–1970) | 30 June 1963 | 5 March 1969 | 5 years, 248 days | NPS | 1963 1967 | |
– | ![]() | Arthur Johan May (1903–1979) | 5 March 1969 | 20 November 1969 | 260 days | Independent | — | |
8 | ![]() | Jules Sedney (1922–2020) | 20 November 1969 | 24 December 1973 | 4 years, 34 days | PNP | 1969 | |
9 | ![]() | Henck Arron (1936–2000) | 24 December 1973 | 25 November 1975 | 1 year, 336 days | NPS | 1973 | |
Republic of Suriname | ||||||||
9 | ![]() | Henck Arron (1936–2000) | 25 November 1975 | 25 February 1980 [a] | 4 years, 92 days | NPS | 1977 | Johan Ferrier (NPS) |
10 | ![]() | Henk Chin A Sen (1934–1999) | 15 March 1980 | 4 February 1982 [b] | 1 year, 326 days | PNR | — | |
Himself[c] | ||||||||
11 | ![]() | Henry Neijhorst (born 1940) | 31 March 1982 [3] | 9 December 1982 [d] | 253 days | Independent | Fred Ramdat Misier (Independent) | |
12 | ![]() | Errol Alibux (born 1948) | 26 February 1983 | 8 January 1984 [e] | 316 days | PALU | ||
13 | ![]() | Wim Udenhout (1937–2023) | 3 February 1984 | 17 July 1986 | 2 years, 164 days | Independent | ||
14 | ![]() | Pretaap Radhakishun (1934–2001) | 17 July 1986 | 7 April 1987 | 264 days | VHP [6] | ||
15 | ![]() | Jules Wijdenbosch (born 1941) | 7 April 1987 | 26 January 1988 | 294 days | VFB |
Timeline
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See also
- Politics of Suriname
- List of deputy prime ministers of Suriname
- List of colonial governors of Suriname
- President of Suriname
- First Lady of Suriname
- Vice President of Suriname
Notes
- ^ Deposed in the Sergeants' Coup.
- ^ Dismissed by Bouterse.[1][2]
- ^ From 15 August 1980.
- ^ Resigned following the December murders.[4]
- ^ Dismissed by Bouterse.[5]
References
- ^ "AROUND THE WORLD; Military in Suriname Takes Over Government". The New York Times. 6 February 1982. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "Chin A Sen onder druk afgetreden". Reformatorisch Dagblad via Digibron (in Dutch). 5 February 1982. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ "AROUND THE WORLD; New Civilian Cabinet Installed in Suriname". The New York Times. 1 April 1982. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ Janssen, Roger (2011). In Search of a Path: An Analysis of the Foreign Policy of Suriname from 1975 to 1991. Leiden: Brill. p. 146. ISBN 978-90-04-25367-4. JSTOR 10.1163/j.ctt1w8h0wm.
- ^ "SURINAME'S CABINET IS OUSTED". The New York Times. 10 January 1984. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- ^ Janssen, Roger (2011). In Search of a Path: An Analysis of the Foreign Policy of Suriname from 1975 to 1991. Leiden: Brill. p. 191. ISBN 978-90-04-25367-4. JSTOR 10.1163/j.ctt1w8h0wm.
External links
- World Statesmen – Suriname
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