List of prime ministers of Suriname
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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 | |
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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
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Prime Minister | Term of office | Political party | ||||
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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 | 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[a] | 4 years, 92 days | National Party of Suriname | |
2 | Hendrick Chin A Sen (1934–1999) |
15 March 1980 | 4 February 1982[b] | 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 |
Notes
change- ↑ Deposed in the Sergeants' Coup.
- ↑ Dismissed by Bouterse.