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Prime Minister of Suriname
Standard of Prime Minister of Suriname.svg
Standard of the prime minister of Suriname (1975–1988)
Premier Arron van Suriname op Schiphol 1977 (cropped).jpg
Longest serving officeholder
Henck Arron
24 December 1973 – 25 February 1980
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

     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 DeMirandaDenkmal.jpg Julius Caesar de Miranda
(1906–1956)
3 June 1949 2 April 1951 1 year, 303 days PSV 1949 Juliana
No image.png Jacques Drielsma
(1886–1974)
5 April 1951 4 June 1951 60 days Independent
2 Jan Buiskool (1948).png Jan Buiskool
(1899–1960)
4 June 1951 6 September 1952 1 year, 94 days Independent 1951
3 No image.png Adriaan Alberga
(1887–1952)
6 September 1952 4 December 1952 89 days Independent
4 A. Currie (cropped).jpg 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 A. Currie (cropped).jpg Archibald Currie
(1888–1986)
15 December 1954 16 April 1955 122 days NPS Juliana
5 Johan Ferrier (1955).jpg Johan Ferrier
(1910–2010)
16 April 1955 25 June 1958 3 years, 70 days SDP [nl] 1955
6 Severinus Desiré Emanuels (1962).jpg Severinus Desiré Emanuels
(1910–1981)
25 June 1958 30 June 1963 5 years, 5 days NPS 1958
7 Minister-President Pengel profil 1963 (cropped).jpg Johan Adolf Pengel
(1916–1970)
30 June 1963 5 March 1969 5 years, 248 days NPS 1963
1967
No image.png Arthur Johan May
(1903–1979)
5 March 1969 20 November 1969 260 days Independent
8 Premier Sedney van Suriname wordt op Schiphol begroet door Minister Geertsema, S, Bestanddeelnr 926-1330.jpg Jules Sedney
(1922–2020)
20 November 1969 24 December 1973 4 years, 34 days PNP 1969
9 Premier Arron van Suriname op Schiphol 1977 (cropped).jpg Henck Arron
(1936–2000)
24 December 1973 25 November 1975 1 year, 336 days NPS 1973
Republic of Suriname
9 Premier Arron van Suriname op Schiphol 1977 (cropped).jpg Henck Arron
(1936–2000)
25 November 1975 25 February 1980
4 years, 92 days NPS 1977 Johan Ferrier
(NPS)
10 Henk Chin a Sen 934-1376 (cropped).jpg Henk Chin A Sen
(1934–1999)
15 March 1980 4 February 1982
1 year, 326 days PNR
Himself
11 No image.png Henry Neijhorst
(born 1940)
31 March 1982
9 December 1982
253 days Independent Fred Ramdat Misier
(Independent)
12 Errol Alibux.png Errol Alibux
(born 1948)
26 February 1983 8 January 1984
316 days PALU
13 No image.png Wim Udenhout
(1937–2023)
3 February 1984 17 July 1986 2 years, 164 days Independent
14 No image.png Pretaap Radhakishun
(1934–2001)
17 July 1986 7 April 1987 264 days VHP
15 JulesWijdenbosch2017.jpg Jules Wijdenbosch
(born 1941)
7 April 1987 26 January 1988 294 days VFB

Timeline

Jules Wijdenbosch Pretaap Radhakishun Wim Udenhout Errol Alibux Henry Neijhorst Henk Chin A Sen Henck Arron Jules Sedney Arthur Johan May Johan Adolf Pengel Severinus Desiré Emanuels Johan Ferrier Archibald Currie (Surinamese politician) Adriaan Alberga Jan Buiskool Jacques Drielsma Julius Caesar de Miranda

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Anexo:Ministros de Surinam para niños

  • 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
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