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

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

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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

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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
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15  |  | Jules Wijdenbosch
(born 1941) | 7 April 1987  | 26 January 1988  | 294 days  | VFB

## Timeline

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## See also

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* 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

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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

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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.

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Prime ministers of Suriname

Dutch rule (1667–1975)|

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* Julius Caesar de Miranda
* Jacques Drielsma*
* Jan Buiskool
* Adriaan Alberga
* Archibald Currie

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* Archibald Currie
* Johan Ferrier
* Severinus Desiré Emanuels
* Johan Adolf Pengel
* Arthur Johan May*
* Jules Sedney
* Henck Arron

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* Henck Arron
* Henk Chin A Sen
* Henry Neijhorst
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