List of Prime Ministers of Suriname
List of Prime Ministers of Suriname
Table:
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

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Jacques Drielsma
(1886–1976)

5 April 1951

4 June 1951

60 days

Independent

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Johannes Ate Eildert Buiskool
(1899–1960)

4 June 1951

6 September 1952

1 year, 94 days

Independent

style="background:Template:Independent/meta/color; color:black"|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

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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[a]

4 years, 92 days

National Party of Suriname

2

Hendrick Chin A Sen
(1934–1999)

15 March 1980

4 February 1982[b]

1 year, 326 days

Nationalist Republican Party

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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

style="background:Template:Independent/meta/color; color:black"|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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