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
220px 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

Prime Minister			Term of office		Political party
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office
Surinam (colony of the Dutch Empire)
22	File:DeMirandaDenkmal.jpg	Julius Caesar de Miranda (1906–1956)	3 June 1949	2 April 1951	Progressive Surinamese People's Party
23	File:No image.png	Jacques Drielsma (1886–1976)	5 April 1951	4 June 1951	Independent
24	File:Jan Buiskool (1948).png	Johannes Ate Eildert Buiskool (1899–1960)	4 June 1951	6 September 1952	Independent
25	File:No image.png	Adriaan Alberga (1887–1952)	6 September 1952	4 December 1952	Independent
26	60px	Archibald Currie (1888–1986)	4 December 1952	15 December 1954	National Party of Suriname
Suriname (constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
26	60px	Archibald Currie (1888–1986)	15 December 1954	16 April 1955	National Party of Suriname
27	60px	Johan Ferrier (1910–2010)	16 April 1955	25 June 1958	Surinamese Democratic Party
28	File:Severinus Desiré Emanuels (1962).jpg	Severinus Desiré Emanuels (1910–1981)	25 June 1958	30 June 1963	National Party of Suriname
29	60px	Johan Adolf Pengel (1916–1970)	30 June 1963	5 March 1969	National Party of Suriname
30	File:No image.png	Arthur J. May (1903–1979)	5 March 1969	20 November 1969	Independent
31	60px	Jules Sedney (1922-2020)	20 November 1969	24 December 1973	Progressive National Party
32	File:Henck Arron 1988.jpg	Henck Arron (1936–2000)	24 December 1973	25 November 1975	National Party of Suriname
Republic of Suriname
32	File:Henck Arron 1988.jpg	Henck Arron (1936–2000)	25 November 1975	25 February 1980	National Party of Suriname
33	60px	Hendrick Chin A Sen (1934–1999)	15 March 1980	4 February 1982	Nationalist Republican Party
34	File:No image.png	Henry Neijhorst (born 1940)	31 March 1982	9 December 1982	Independent
35	File:No image.png	Errol Alibux (born 1948)	26 February 1983	8 January 1984	Progressive Workers' and Farmers' Union
36	File:No image.png	Wim Udenhout (born 1937)	3 February 1984	17 July 1986	Independent
37	File:No image.png	Pretaap Radhakishun (1934–2001)	17 July 1986	7 April 1987	Basic Party for Renewal and Democracy
38	60px	Jules Wijdenbosch (1942–2025)	7 April 1987	26 January 1988	National Democratic Party
Vice President			Term of office		Political party
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office
32	60px	Henck Arron (1936–2000)	25 January 1988	24 December 1990	NPS
38	60px	Jules Wijdenbosch (born 1941)	7 January 1991	16 September 1991	NDP
39	60px	Jules Ajodhia (1945–2024)	16 September 1991	15 September 1996	VHP
40	File:No image.png	Pretaap Radhakishun (1934–2001)	15 September 1996	12 August 2000	BVD
(39)	60px	Jules Ajodhia (1945–2024)	12 August 2000	12 August 2005	VHP
41	60px	Ramdien Sardjoe (born 1935)	12 August 2005	12 August 2010	VHP
42	60px	Robert Ameerali (born 1961)	12 August 2010	12 August 2015	ABOP
43	60px	Ashwin Adhin (born 1980)	12 August 2015	16 July 2020	NDP
44	File:Brunswijk waarnemend.png	Ronnie Brunswijk (born 1961)	16 July 2020	Incumbent	ABOP

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  Minister-President Pengel profil 1963 (cropped)