vicepresident predecessor successor religion birth_place party office birth_date order term_start spouse image article_title term_end name
jules ajodhia ram sardjoe jules ajodhia jules wijdenbosch johan kraag dési bouterse jules wijdenbosch roman catholicism paramaribo , suriname national party president of suriname 18 june 1936 6th 12 august 2000 16 september 1991 liesbeth vanenburg ronald venetiaan.jpg ronald venetiaan
 12 august 2010 15 september 1996 ronald venetiaan
ronald venetiaan

ronald runaldo venetiaan -lrb- born june 18 , 1936 -rrb- served as the 6th and 8th president of suriname .
his first term as president ran from 1991 to 1996 after which he lost in the elections to jules wijdenbosch .
in 2000 however , he regained his former position on the new front banner , receiving an absolute majority of 37 from 51 votes in the parliament .
in 2005 he was re-elected to serve a third term as president and sworn in on august 12 , 2005 .
