List of prime ministers of Suriname

Prime Minister of Suriname
Minister-president van Suriname
Standard of the prime minister of Suriname (1975–1988)
Longest serving officeholder
Henck Arron
24 December 1973 – 25 February 1980
StatusHead of government
Member ofCabinet of Suriname
SeatParamaribo
AppointerGovernor of Suriname (1949–1975)
President of Suriname (1975–1988)
Formation3 June 1949
First holderJulius Caesar de Miranda
Final holderJules Wijdenbosch
Abolished26 January 1988
SuccessionVice President of Suriname
DeputyDeputy 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
  Progressive Surinamese People's Party (PSV)
  National Party of Suriname (NPS)
  Surinamese Democratic Party [nl] (SDP)
  Progressive National Party (PNP)
  Nationalist Republican Party (PNR)
  Progressive Workers' and Farmers' Union (PALU)
  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
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

Jules WijdenboschPretaap RadhakishunWim UdenhoutErrol AlibuxHenry NeijhorstHenk Chin A SenHenck ArronJules SedneyArthur Johan MayJohan Adolf PengelSeverinus Desiré EmanuelsJohan FerrierArchibald Currie (Surinamese politician)Adriaan AlbergaJan BuiskoolJacques DrielsmaJulius Caesar de Miranda

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Deposed in the Sergeants' Coup.
  2. ^ Dismissed by Bouterse.[1][2]
  3. ^ From 15 August 1980.
  4. ^ Resigned following the December murders.[4]
  5. ^ Dismissed by Bouterse.[5]

References

  1. ^ "AROUND THE WORLD; Military in Suriname Takes Over Government". The New York Times. 6 February 1982. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Chin A Sen onder druk afgetreden". Reformatorisch Dagblad via Digibron (in Dutch). 5 February 1982. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  3. ^ "AROUND THE WORLD; New Civilian Cabinet Installed in Suriname". The New York Times. 1 April 1982. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "SURINAME'S CABINET IS OUSTED". The New York Times. 10 January 1984. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  6. ^ 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.