List of Prime Ministers of Suriname
List of Prime Ministers of Suriname
Status

List of Prime Ministers of Suriname

Section Title: List of Prime Ministers of Suriname
Table Section Text: Status

Prime Minister	Term of office	Political affiliation

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Duration

Surinam (colony of the Dutch Empire)

1	-	Julius Caesar de Miranda (1906–1956)	3 June 1949	2 April 1951	1 year, 303 days	Progressive Surinamese People's Party

2	-	Jacques Drielsma (1886–1976)	5 April 1951	4 June 1951	60 days	Independent

3	-	Johannes Ate Eildert Buiskool (1899–1960)	4 June 1951	6 September 1952	1 year, 94 days	Independent

4	-	Adriaan Alberga (1887–1952)	6 September 1952	4 December 1952	89 days	Independent

5	-	Archibald Currie (1888–1986)	4 December 1952	20 August 1954	2 years, 11 days	National Party of Suriname

20 August 1954	15 December 1954

Suriname (constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)

1	-	Archibald Currie (1888–1986)	15 December 1954	16 April 1955	122 days	National Party of Suriname

2	-	Johan Ferrier (1910–2010)	16 April 1955	25 June 1958	3 years, 70 days	Surinamese Democratic Party

3	-	Severinus Desiré Emanuels (1910–1981)	25 June 1958	30 June 1963	5 years, 5 days	National Party of Suriname

4	-	Johan Adolf Pengel (1916–1970)	30 June 1963	5 March 1969	5 years, 248 days	National Party of Suriname

—	-	Arthur J. May (1903–1979)	5 March 1969	20 November 1969	260 days	Independent

5	-	Jules Sedney (born 1922)	20 November 1969	24 December 1973	4 years, 34 days	Progressive National Party

6	-	Henck Arron (1936–2000)	24 December 1973	25 November 1975	1 year, 336 days	National Party of Suriname

Republic of Suriname

1	-	Henck Arron (1936–2000)	25 November 1975	25 February 1980	4 years, 92 days	National Party of Suriname

2	-	Hendrick Chin A Sen (1934–1999)	15 March 1980	4 February 1982	1 year, 326 days	Nationalist Republican Party

3	-	Henry Neijhorst (born 1940)	31 March 1982	9 December 1982	253 days	Independent

4	-	Errol Alibux (born 1948)	26 February 1983	8 January 1984	316 days	Progressive Workers' and Farmers' Union

5	-	Wim Udenhout (born 1937)	3 February 1984	17 July 1986	2 years, 164 days	Independent

6	-	Pretaap Radhakishun (1934–2001)	17 July 1986	7 April 1987	264 days	Basic Party for Renewal and Democracy

7	-	Jules Wijdenbosch (born 1942)	7 April 1987	26 January 1988	294 days	National Democratic Party

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