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
Flag of the Prime Minister of Suriname (1975–1988)
AppointerGovernor of Suriname (1949–1975)
President of Suriname (1975–1988)
Formation3 June 1949
First holderJulius Caesar de Miranda
Final holderJules Wijdenbosch
Abolished26 January 1988
SuccessionVice President of Suriname

List of prime ministers of Suriname change

Status
  Denotes Acting Prime Minister
Prime MinisterTerm of officePolitical party
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
Surinam (colony of the Dutch Empire)
1 Julius Caesar de Miranda
(1906–1956)
3 June 19492 April 19511 year, 303 daysProgressive Surinamese People's Party
2 Jacques Drielsma
(1886–1976)
5 April 19514 June 195160 daysIndependent
3 Johannes Ate Eildert Buiskool
(1899–1960)
4 June 19516 September 19521 year, 94 daysIndependent
4 Adriaan Alberga
(1887–1952)
6 September 19524 December 195289 daysIndependent
5 Archibald Currie
(1888–1986)
4 December 195220 August 19542 years, 11 daysNational Party of Suriname
20 August 195415 December 1954
Suriname (constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
1 Archibald Currie
(1888–1986)
15 December 195416 April 1955122 daysNational Party of Suriname
2 Johan Ferrier
(1910–2010)
16 April 195525 June 19583 years, 70 daysSurinamese Democratic Party
3 Severinus Desiré Emanuels
(1910–1981)
25 June 195830 June 19635 years, 5 daysNational Party of Suriname
4 Johan Adolf Pengel
(1916–1970)
30 June 19635 March 19695 years, 248 daysNational Party of Suriname
Arthur J. May
(1903–1979)
5 March 196920 November 1969260 daysIndependent
5 Jules Sedney
(1922-2020)
20 November 196924 December 19734 years, 34 daysProgressive National Party
6 Henck Arron
(1936–2000)
24 December 197325 November 19751 year, 336 daysNational Party of Suriname
Republic of Suriname
1 Henck Arron
(1936–2000)
25 November 197525 February 1980[a]4 years, 92 daysNational Party of Suriname
2 Hendrick Chin A Sen
(1934–1999)
15 March 19804 February 1982[b]1 year, 326 daysNationalist Republican Party
3 Henry Neijhorst
(born 1940)
31 March 19829 December 1982253 daysIndependent
4 Errol Alibux
(born 1948)
26 February 19838 January 1984316 daysProgressive Workers' and Farmers' Union
5 Wim Udenhout
(born 1937)
3 February 198417 July 19862 years, 164 daysIndependent
6 Pretaap Radhakishun
(1934–2001)
17 July 19867 April 1987264 daysBasic Party for Renewal and Democracy
7 Jules Wijdenbosch
(born 1942)
7 April 198726 January 1988294 daysNational Democratic Party

Notes change

  1. Deposed in the Sergeants' Coup.
  2. Dismissed by Bouterse.