# List of prime ministers of Suriname

This article lists the 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.

## List of prime ministers
### Status

| Prime Minister | Prime Minister | Prime Minister | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Election | Head(s) of state |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Election | Head(s) of state |
| Surinam (colony of the Dutch Empire) |||||||||
| 1 | | Julius Caesar de Miranda (1906–1956) | 3 June 1949 | 2 April 1951 | 1 year, 303 days | PSV | 1949 | Juliana |
| – | | Jacques Drielsma (1886–1974) | 5 April 1951 | 4 June 1951 | 60 days | Independent | — | Juliana |
| 2 | | Jan Buiskool (1899–1960) | 4 June 1951 | 6 September 1952 | 1 year, 94 days | Independent | 1951 | Juliana |
| 3 | | Adriaan Alberga (1887–1952) | 6 September 1952 | 4 December 1952 | 89 days | Independent | — | Juliana |
| 4 | | Archibald Currie (1888–1986) | 4 December 1952 | 20 August 1954 | 2 years, 11 days | NPS | — | Juliana |
| 4 | | Archibald Currie (1888–1986) | 20 August 1954 | 15 December 1954 | 2 years, 11 days | NPS | — | Juliana |
| Suriname (constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) |||||||||
| 4 | | Archibald Currie (1888–1986) | 15 December 1954 | 16 April 1955 | 122 days | NPS | — | Juliana |
| 5 | | Johan Ferrier (1910–2010) | 16 April 1955 | 25 June 1958 | 3 years, 70 days | SDP [nl] | 1955 | Juliana |
| 6 | | Severinus Desiré Emanuels (1910–1981) | 25 June 1958 | 30 June 1963 | 5 years, 5 days | NPS | 1958 | Juliana |
| 7 | | Johan Adolf Pengel (1916–1970) | 30 June 1963 | 5 March 1969 | 5 years, 248 days | NPS | 1963 1967 | Juliana |
| – | | Arthur Johan May (1903–1979) | 5 March 1969 | 20 November 1969 | 260 days | Independent | — | Juliana |
| 8 | | Jules Sedney (1922–2020) | 20 November 1969 | 24 December 1973 | 4 years, 34 days | PNP | 1969 | Juliana |
| 9 | | Henck Arron (1936–2000) | 24 December 1973 | 25 November 1975 | 1 year, 336 days | NPS | 1973 | Juliana |
| Republic of Suriname |||||||||
| 9 | | Henck Arron (1936–2000) | 25 November 1975 | 25 February 1980 | 4 years, 92 days | NPS | 1977 | Johan Ferrier (NPS) |
| 10 | | Henk Chin A Sen (1934–1999) | 15 March 1980 | 4 February 1982 | 1 year, 326 days | PNR | — | Johan Ferrier (NPS) |
| 10 | | Henk Chin A Sen (1934–1999) | 15 March 1980 | 4 February 1982 | 1 year, 326 days | PNR | — | Himself |
| 11 | | Henry Neijhorst (born 1940) | 31 March 1982 | 9 December 1982 | 253 days | Independent | — | Fred Ramdat Misier (Independent) |
| 12 | | Errol Alibux (born 1948) | 26 February 1983 | 8 January 1984 | 316 days | PALU | — | Fred Ramdat Misier (Independent) |
| 13 | | Wim Udenhout (1937–2023) | 3 February 1984 | 17 July 1986 | 2 years, 164 days | Independent | — | Fred Ramdat Misier (Independent) |
| 14 | | Pretaap Radhakishun (1934–2001) | 17 July 1986 | 7 April 1987 | 264 days | VHP | — | Fred Ramdat Misier (Independent) |
| 15 | | Jules Wijdenbosch (born 1941) | 7 April 1987 | 26 January 1988 | 294 days | VFB | — | Fred Ramdat Misier (Independent) |