List of ambassadors of Suriname to the United States

The Surinamese Ambassador in Washington, D. C. is the official representative of the Government in Paramaribo to the Government of the United States.

Ambassador of Suriname to the United States
Incumbent Marten Schalkwijk since March 7, 2022
Inaugural holder	Roel Faried Karamat
Formation	November 30, 1976

List of representatives

diplomatic agreement/designated	Diplomatic accreditation	Ambassador	Observations	President of Suriname	List of presidents of the United States	Term end
November 24, 1975			The governments in Washington, D. C. and Paramaribo established diplomatic relations.	Johan Ferrier	Gerald Ford
October 7, 1976	November 30, 1976	Roel Faried Karamat[1]	His entire career has been in service of the Kingdom of the Netherlands' ministry of foreign affairs. Ambassador Karamat with his late wife, Elisabeth H. Schönborn-Buchheim,[2] who was Austrian, lived in Switzerland with their 5 children.[1]	Johan Ferrier	Gerald Ford
July 25, 1980		Rudy E. Van Bochove	Chargé d'affaires[3]	Henk Chin A Sen	Jimmy Carter
April 6, 1981	June 4, 1981	Henricus Augustinus Franciscus Heidweiller		Henk Chin A Sen	Ronald Reagan
August 13, 1984	August 29, 1984	Donald Aloysius McLeod		Ramdat Misier	Ronald Reagan
February 2, 1986	February 18, 1986	Arnold Theodoor Halfhide		Ramdat Misier	Ronald Reagan
May 10, 1989	May 11, 1989	Willem Alfred Udenhout		Ramsewak Shankar	George H. W. Bush
May 23, 1997	September 8, 1997	Arnold Theodoor Halfhide		Jules Albert Wijdenbosch	Bill Clinton
October 10, 2001	October 10, 2001	Henry Lothar Illes		Ronald Venetiaan	George W. Bush
February 22, 2007	February 27, 2007	Jacques Ruben Constantijn Kross		Ronald Venetiaan	George W. Bush
January 28, 2011	February 23, 2011	Subhas Chandra Mungra		Desi Bouterse	Barack Obama	July 2020
June 9, 2017	July 21, 2017	Niermala Badrising[4]		Desi Bouterse	Donald Trump	July 2020
	March 7, 2022[5]	Marten Schalkwijk[6]		Chandrikapersad Santokhi[7]	Joe Biden

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See also

• Suriname–United States relations^[8]

References

1. Roel Faried Karamat - Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 04 MAY 2006
2. (in German) Dr. Philo. Elisabeth Helene Karamat, Geb. Gräfin Schönborn-Buchheim (14 März 1934, Beregvar Castle, Karpaty, Carpathian Ruthenia – 10 Juli 2014, Hollabrunn)
3. Rudy E. Van Bochove
4. "Niermala Badrising Surinames ambassadeur in VSA". Star Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 December 2021.
5. "President beëdigt ambassadeurs schalkwijk en noordzee". Republiek Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 November 2022.
6. "Marten Schalkwijk ambassadeur Suriname in de VS". Waterkant (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 November 2022.
7. "Suriname's President Santokhi to reshuffle cabinet". Caribbean News Weekly. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
8. Chief of Protocol, Diplomatic Representation for "Suriname". Retrieved 17 August 2017.