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.

 List of prime ministers of Suriname 
#PortraitName Term of office1 mr. J.M. Ganderheyden 8 mei 1866 13 april 18672 S. Soesman Jr. 14 mei 1867 10 mei 18691 mr. J. Mauritsz Ganderheyden 11 mei 1869 11 mei 18743mr. G.J.A. Bosch Reitz 12 juni 1874 28 juni 18764 J. de Jong 30 juni 1876 1 oktober 18775 mr. A.J. van Emden 5 november 1877 4 juni 18786 mr. D. Juda 5 juni 1878 11 mei 18967 mr. C.J. Heylidy 25 juni 1896 3 mei 19048 I. da Costa 10 mei 1904 31 december 19149 jhr. mr. H.W. Asch van Wijck 11 mei 1915 29 juni 191810 J.A. Dragten 5 augustus 1918 10 mei 192011 J.R. Thomson 11 mei 1920 8 mei 192212 mr. S.D. de Vries 9 mei 1922 10 mei 192613 J.A. Drielsma 11 mei 1926 14 mei 193014 mr. J.C. Brons 13 mei 1930 6 januari 193515 mr. K.J. van Erpecum 14 mei 1935 6 april 194216 dr. J.W. del Prado 7 april 1942 8 oktober 194317 mr. G. Fikkert 25 oktober 1943 4 april 1944— dr. J.W. del Prado 4 april 1944 31 maart 194518 F.H.R. Lim A Po Sr. 3 april 1945 31 maart 194719 mr. H.L. de Vries 1 april 1947 6 januari 194920Johann Achmed de Miranda februari 1949 april 194921 mr. Gerard van der Schroeff 22 maart 1949 3 June 1949

List of prime ministers of Suriname
Status
Prime MinisterTerm of officePolitical party  Portrait Name Took office Left officeSurinam (colony of the Dutch Empire) 22 60px Julius Caesar de Miranda  1949  1951 Progressive Surinamese People's Party 23 60px Jacques Drielsma  1951  1951 Independent 24 60px Johannes Ate Eildert Buiskool  1951  1952 Independent 25 60px Adriaan Alberga  1952  1952 Independent 26 60px Archibald Currie  1952 15 December 1954 National Party of SurinameSuriname (constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) 26 60px Archibald Currie  1954  1955 National Party of Suriname 27 60px Johan Ferrier  1955  1958 Surinamese Democratic Party 28 60px Severinus Desiré Emanuels  1958  1963 National Party of Suriname 29 60px Johan Adolf Pengel  1963  1969 National Party of Suriname 30 60px Arthur J. May  1969  1969 Independent 31 60px Jules Sedney  1969  1973 Progressive National Party 32 60px Henck Arron  1973  1975 National Party of SurinameRepublic of Suriname 32 60px Henck Arron  1975  1980 National Party of Suriname 33 60px Hendrick Chin A Sen  1980  1982 Nationalist Republican Party 34 60px Henry Neijhorst  1982  1982 Independent 35 60px Errol Alibux  1983  1984 Progressive Workers' and Farmers' Union 36 60px Wim Udenhout  1984  1986 Independent 37 60px Pretaap Radhakishun  1986  1987 Basic Party for Renewal and Democracy 38 60px Jules Wijdenbosch  1987  1988 National Democratic PartyVice PresidentTerm of officePolitical party  Portrait Name Took office Left office 32 60px Henck Arron  1988  1990 NPS 38 60px Jules Wijdenbosch  1991  1991 NDP 39 60px Jules Ajodhia  1991  1996 VHP 40 60px Pretaap Radhakishun  1996  2000 BVD (39) 60px Jules Ajodhia  2000  2005 VHP 41 60px Ramdien Sardjoe  2005  2010 VHP 42 60px Robert Ameerali  2010  2015 ABOP 43  Ashwin Adhin  2015  2020 NDP 44 60x60px Ronnie Brunswijk  2020  ABOP

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