List of prime ministers 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

Status

Part of the Netherlands (–1975) Portrait Name Term of office Political party Elected Monarch(s) Took office Left office Time in officeSurinam (colony of the Dutch Empire) 1 Julius Caesar de Miranda 1949 1951 PSV 1949Juliana – Jacques Drielsma 1951 1951 Independent — 2 Jan Buiskool 1951 1952 Independent 1951 3 Adriaan Alberga 1952 1952 Independent— – Archibald Currie 1952 1954 NPS 4 1954 1954 Suriname (constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) 4 Archibald Currie 1954 1955 NPS —Juliana 5 Johan Ferrier 1955 1958 SDP 1955 6 Severinus Desiré Emanuels 1958 1963 NPS 1958 7 Johan Adolf Pengel 1963 1969 NPS 1963 1967 – Arthur Johan May 1969 1969 Independent — 8 Jules Sedney 1969 1973 PNP 1969 9 Henck Arron 1973 1975 NPS 1973 Independence (1975–) Portrait Name Term of office Political party Elected Cabinet(s) President(s) Took office Left office Time in officeRepublic of Suriname 9 Henck Arron 1975 1980 NPS — Arron I Johan Ferrier(NPS) 1977 Arron II 10Henk Chin A Sen 1980 1982PNR— Chin A Sen I Chin A Sen II Himself 11 Henry Neijhorst 1982 1982 Independent NeijhorstFred Ramdat Misier(Independent) 12 Errol Alibux 1983 1984 PALU Alibux 13 Wim Udenhout 1984 1986 Independent Udenhout I Udenhout II 14 Pretaap Radhakishun 1986 1987 VHP Radhakishun 15 Jules Wijdenbosch 1987 1988 VFB Wijdenbosch I

Timeline

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

References

External links World Statesmen – Suriname