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.

Prime Minister of Suriname
Minister-president van Suriname
Standard of the prime minister of Suriname (1975–1988)
Longest serving officeholder Henck Arron 24 December 1973 – 25 February 1980
Status	Head of government
Member of	Cabinet of Suriname
Seat	Paramaribo
Appointer	Governor of Suriname (1949–1975) President of Suriname (1975–1988)
Formation	3 June 1949; 75 years ago (1949-06-03)
First holder	Julius Caesar de Miranda
Final holder	Jules Wijdenbosch
Abolished	26 January 1988; 37 years ago (1988-01-26)
Succession	Vice President of Suriname
Deputy	Deputy Prime Minister of Suriname

List of prime ministers

Political parties

  Progressive Surinamese People's Party (PSV)

  National Party of Suriname (NPS)

  Surinamese Democratic Party (SDP)

  Progressive National Party (PNP)

  Nationalist Republican Party (PNR)

  Progressive Workers' and Farmers' Union (PALU)

  Progressive Reform Party (VHP)

  February 25th Movement (VFB)

  Independent

Status

  Denotes Acting Prime Minister

Prime Minister			Term of office			Political party	Election	Head(s) of state
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office
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	—
2		Jan Buiskool (1899–1960)	4 June 1951	6 September 1952	1 year, 94 days	Independent	1951
3		Adriaan Alberga (1887–1952)	6 September 1952	4 December 1952	89 days	Independent	—
4		Archibald Currie (1888–1986)	4 December 1952	20 August 1954	2 years, 11 days	NPS
			20 August 1954	15 December 1954
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	1955
6		Severinus Desiré Emanuels (1910–1981)	25 June 1958	30 June 1963	5 years, 5 days	NPS	1958
7		Johan Adolf Pengel (1916–1970)	30 June 1963	5 March 1969	5 years, 248 days	NPS	1963 1967
–		Arthur Johan May (1903–1979)	5 March 1969	20 November 1969	260 days	Independent	—
8		Jules Sedney (1922–2020)	20 November 1969	24 December 1973	4 years, 34 days	PNP	1969
9		Henck Arron (1936–2000)	24 December 1973	25 November 1975	1 year, 336 days	NPS	1973
Republic of Suriname
9		Henck Arron (1936–2000)	25 November 1975	25 February 1980 [a]	4 years, 92 days	NPS	1977	Johan Ferrier (NPS)
10		Henk Chin A Sen (1934–1999)	15 March 1980	4 February 1982 [b]	1 year, 326 days	PNR	—
								Himself[c]
11		Henry Neijhorst (born 1940)	31 March 1982 [3]	9 December 1982 [d]	253 days	Independent		Fred Ramdat Misier (Independent)
12		Errol Alibux (born 1948)	26 February 1983	8 January 1984 [e]	316 days	PALU
13		Wim Udenhout (1937–2023)	3 February 1984	17 July 1986	2 years, 164 days	Independent
14		Pretaap Radhakishun (1934–2001)	17 July 1986	7 April 1987	264 days	VHP [6]
15		Jules Wijdenbosch (1941–2025)	7 April 1987	26 January 1988	294 days	VFB

Timeline

See also

• Politics of Suriname
• List of deputy prime ministers of Suriname
• List of colonial governors of Suriname
• President of Suriname
• First Lady of Suriname
• Vice President of Suriname

Notes

1. Deposed in the Sergeants' Coup.
2. Dismissed by Bouterse.^[1][2]
3. From 15 August 1980.
4. Resigned following the December murders.^[4]
5. Dismissed by Bouterse.^[5]