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| Prime Minister of Suriname | |
|---|---|
| Minister-president van Suriname | |
Standard of the prime minister of Suriname (1975–1988) | |
| 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.
| 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 | 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 | ||
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| 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 | |||
