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
| Prime Minister | Term of office | Political party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | |
| Surinam (colony of the Dutch Empire) | |||||
| 22 | 
|
Julius Caesar de Miranda (1906–1956) |
3 June 1949 | 2 April 1951 | Progressive Surinamese People's Party |
| 23 | 
|
Jacques Drielsma (1886–1976) |
5 April 1951 | 4 June 1951 | Independent |
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Johannes Ate Eildert Buiskool (1899–1960) |
4 June 1951 | 6 September 1952 | Independent |
| 25 |
|
Adriaan Alberga (1887–1952) |
6 September 1952 | 4 December 1952 | Independent |
| 26 | 
|
Archibald Currie (1888–1986) |
4 December 1952 | 15 December 1954 | National Party of Suriname |
| Suriname (constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) | |||||
| 26 |
|
Archibald Currie (1888–1986) |
15 December 1954 | 16 April 1955 | National Party of Suriname |
| 27 | .jpg)
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Johan Ferrier (1910–2010) |
16 April 1955 | 25 June 1958 | Surinamese Democratic Party |
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Severinus Desiré Emanuels (1910–1981) |
25 June 1958 | 30 June 1963 | National Party of Suriname |
| 29 | 
|
Johan Adolf Pengel (1916–1970) |
30 June 1963 | 5 March 1969 | National Party of Suriname |
| 30 |
|
Arthur J. May (1903–1979) |
5 March 1969 | 20 November 1969 | Independent |
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Jules Sedney (1922-2020) |
20 November 1969 | 24 December 1973 | Progressive National Party |
| 32 | 
|
Henck Arron (1936–2000) |
24 December 1973 | 25 November 1975 | National Party of Suriname |
| Republic of Suriname | |||||
| 32 |
|
Henck Arron (1936–2000) |
25 November 1975 | 25 February 1980[a] | National Party of Suriname |
| 33 | 
|
Hendrick Chin A Sen (1934–1999) |
15 March 1980 | 4 February 1982[b] | Nationalist Republican Party |
| 34 |
|
Henry Neijhorst (born 1940) |
31 March 1982 | 9 December 1982 | Independent |
| 35 |
|
Errol Alibux (born 1948) |
26 February 1983 | 8 January 1984 | Progressive Workers' and Farmers' Union |
| 36 |
|
Wim Udenhout (born 1937) |
3 February 1984 | 17 July 1986 | Independent |
| 37 |
|
Pretaap Radhakishun (1934–2001) |
17 July 1986 | 7 April 1987 | Basic Party for Renewal and Democracy |
| 38 | 
|
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 | .jpg)
|
Henck Arron (1936–2000) |
25 January 1988 | 24 December 1990 [c] |
NPS |
| 38 |
|
Jules Wijdenbosch (born 1941) |
7 January 1991 | 16 September 1991 | NDP |
| 39 | 
|
Jules Ajodhia (1945–2024) |
16 September 1991 | 15 September 1996 | VHP |
| 40 |
|
Pretaap Radhakishun (1934–2001) |
15 September 1996 | 12 August 2000 | BVD |
| (39) |
|
Jules Ajodhia (1945–2024) |
12 August 2000 | 12 August 2005 | VHP |
| 41 | 
|
Ramdien Sardjoe (born 1935) |
12 August 2005 | 12 August 2010 | VHP |
| 42 | 
|
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 | 
|
Ronnie Brunswijk (born 1961) |
16 July 2020 | Incumbent | ABOP |
List Of Prime Ministers Of Suriname Media
Minister-President Pengel profil 1963 (cropped)
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Notes
- ↑ Deposed in the Sergeants' Coup.
- ↑ Dismissed by Bouterse.
- ↑ Deposed in the Telephone Coup.[1]
- ↑ Howard W. French (27 December 1990). "Suriname Coup Leaders Had Power Already". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 December 2020.