List of prime ministers of Suriname

Below is a list of prime ministers of Suriname from 1949 to 1988. In 1988 the job of Prime Minister of Suriname was abolished and replaced by a Vice President, who chairs the Council of Ministers ex officio.

Prime Minister of Suriname
Flag of the Prime Minister of Suriname (1975–1988)
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

List of prime ministers of Suriname

Status

  Denotes Acting Prime Minister

Prime Minister			Term of office			Political party
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	Progressive Surinamese People's Party
2		Jacques Drielsma (1886–1976)	5 April 1951	4 June 1951	60 days	Independent
3		Johannes Ate Eildert Buiskool (1899–1960)	4 June 1951	6 September 1952	1 year, 94 days	Independent
4		Adriaan Alberga (1887–1952)	6 September 1952	4 December 1952	89 days	Independent
5		Archibald Currie (1888–1986)	4 December 1952	20 August 1954	2 years, 11 days	National Party of Suriname
			20 August 1954	15 December 1954
Suriname (constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
1		Archibald Currie (1888–1986)	15 December 1954	16 April 1955	122 days	National Party of Suriname
2		Johan Ferrier (1910–2010)	16 April 1955	25 June 1958	3 years, 70 days	Surinamese Democratic Party
3		Severinus Desiré Emanuels (1910–1981)	25 June 1958	30 June 1963	5 years, 5 days	National Party of Suriname
4		Johan Adolf Pengel (1916–1970)	30 June 1963	5 March 1969	5 years, 248 days	National Party of Suriname
—		Arthur J. May (1903–1979)	5 March 1969	20 November 1969	260 days	Independent
5		Jules Sedney (1922-2020)	20 November 1969	24 December 1973	4 years, 34 days	Progressive National Party
6		Henck Arron (1936–2000)	24 December 1973	25 November 1975	1 year, 336 days	National Party of Suriname
Republic of Suriname
1		Henck Arron (1936–2000)	25 November 1975	25 February 1980	4 years, 92 days	National Party of Suriname
2		Hendrick Chin A Sen (1934–1999)	15 March 1980	4 February 1982	1 year, 326 days	Nationalist Republican Party
3		Henry Neijhorst (born 1940)	31 March 1982	9 December 1982	253 days	Independent
4		Errol Alibux (born 1948)	26 February 1983	8 January 1984	316 days	Progressive Workers' and Farmers' Union
5		Wim Udenhout (born 1937)	3 February 1984	17 July 1986	2 years, 164 days	Independent
6		Pretaap Radhakishun (1934–2001)	17 July 1986	7 April 1987	264 days	Basic Party for Renewal and Democracy
7		Jules Wijdenbosch (born 1942)	7 April 1987	26 January 1988	294 days	National Democratic Party