List of prime ministers of Suriname

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

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.

List of prime ministers of Suriname

# Portrait Name Term of office
1 mr. J.M. Ganderheyden 8 mei 1866 13 april 1867
2 S. Soesman Jr. 14 mei 1867 10 mei 1869
1 mr. J. Mauritsz Ganderheyden 11 mei 1869 11 mei 1874
3 mr. G.J.A. Bosch Reitz 12 juni 1874 28 juni 1876
4 J. de Jong 30 juni 1876 1 oktober 1877
5 mr. A.J. van Emden 5 november 1877 4 juni 1878
6 mr. D. Juda 5 juni 1878 11 mei 1896
7 mr. C.J. Heylidy 25 juni 1896 3 mei 1904
8 I. da Costa 10 mei 1904 31 december 1914
9 jhr. mr. H.W. Asch van Wijck 11 mei 1915 29 juni 1918
10 J.A. Dragten 5 augustus 1918 10 mei 1920
11 J.R. Thomson 11 mei 1920 8 mei 1922
12 mr. S.D. de Vries 9 mei 1922 10 mei 1926
13 J.A. Drielsma 11 mei 1926 14 mei 1930
14 mr. J.C. Brons 13 mei 1930 6 januari 1935
15 mr. K.J. van Erpecum 14 mei 1935 6 april 1942
16 dr. J.W. del Prado 7 april 1942 8 oktober 1943
17 mr. G. Fikkert 25 oktober 1943 4 april 1944
— dr. J.W. del Prado 4 april 1944 31 maart 1945
18 F.H.R. Lim A Po Sr. 3 april 1945 31 maart 1947
19 mr. H.L. de Vries 1 april 1947 6 januari 1949
20 Johann Achmed de Miranda februari 1949 april 1949
21 mr. Gerard van der Schroeff 22 maart 1949 3 June 1949

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
24 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 Johan Ferrier
(1910–2010) 		16 April 1955 25 June 1958 Surinamese Democratic Party
28 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
31 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 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 Ashwin Adhin
(born 1980) 		12 August 2015 16 July 2020 NDP
44 Ronnie Brunswijk
(born 1961) 		16 July 2020 Incumbent ABOP

Notes

  1. ↑ Deposed in the Sergeants' Coup.
  2. ↑ Dismissed by Bouterse.
  3. ↑ Deposed in the Telephone Coup.[1]
  1. ↑ Howard W. French (27 December 1990). "Suriname Coup Leaders Had Power Already". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
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