List of Prime Ministers of Suriname

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 June 1949
First holder Julius Caesar de Miranda
Final holder Jules Wijdenbosch
Abolished 26 January 1988
Succession Vice President of Suriname
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Below is a list of 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.

Prime Ministers of the Colony of Surinam

Picture Name
(Birth–Death)
Took office Left office Party
1 Julius Caesar de Miranda
(1906–1956)
June 1949 April 5, 1951 PSV
2 Jacques Adam Drielsma
(1886–1976)
April 5, 1951 June 4, 1951 Independent
3 Johann Ate Eldert Buiskool
(1899–1960)
June 4, 1951 September 6, 1952 Independent
4 Adrian Cornelis Jasper Marius Alberga
(1887–1952)
September 6, 1952 December 4, 1952 Independent
Archibald Currie
(1889–1986)
(Acting)
December 4, 1952 August 20, 1954 NPS
5 Archibald Currie
(1889–1986)
August 20, 1954 December 15, 1954
Parties: National Party of Suriname (NPS), Progressive Suriname People's Party (PSV)

Prime Ministers of Suriname (constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)

Picture Name
(Birth–Death)
Took office Left office Party
1 Archibald Currie
(1889–1986)
December 15, 1954 April 16, 1955 NPS
2 Johan Ferrier
(1910–2010)
April 16, 1955 July 16, 1958 SDP
3 Severinus Desiré Emanuels
(1910–1981)
July 16, 1958 June 1963 NPS
4 Johan Adolf Pengel
(1916–1970)
June 1963 March 5, 1969 NPS
Arthur J. May
(1903–1979)
(Acting)
March 5, 1969 November 20, 1969 Independent
5 Jules Sedney
(1922–)
November 20, 1969 December 24, 1973 PNP
6 Henck Arron
(1936–2000)
December 24, 1973 November 25, 1975 NPS
Parties: Surinamese Democratic Party (SDP), National Party of Suriname (NPS), Progressive National Party (PNP)

Prime Ministers of the Republic of Suriname

Picture Name
(Birth–Death)
Took office Left office Party
1 Henck Arron
(1936–2000)
November 25, 1975 February 25, 1980
(deposed)
NPS
2 Hendrick Chin A Sen
(1934–1999)
March 15, 1980 February 4, 1982 PNR
3 Henry Roëll Neijhorst
(1940–)
March 31, 1982 December 9, 1982 Independent
4 Liakat Ali Errol Alibux
(1948–)
February 26, 1983 January 8, 1984 PALU
5 Willem Alfred Udenhout
(1937–)
February 3, 1984 July 17, 1986 Independent
6 Pretaap Radhakishun
(1935–2001)
July 17, 1986 April 7, 1987 BVD
7 Jules Wijdenbosch
(1941–)
April 7, 1987 January 26, 1988 NDP
Parties: Basic Party for Renewal and Democracy (BVD), National Democratic Party (NDP), Nationalist Republican Party (PNR), National Party of Suriname (NPS), Progressive Workers' and Farmers' Union (PALU)

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