2025 in Suriname

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Events in the year 2025 in Suriname .

Incumbents

• President: Chan Santokhi (until 16 July); Jennifer Geerlings-Simons (since 16 July)
• Vice President Ronnie Brunswijk (until 16 July); Gregory Rusland (since 16 July)
• Speaker: Marinus Bee (until 27 June); Ashwin Adhin (since 27 June)

Events

• 10 March – Foreign minister Albert Ramdin is elected OAS secretary general, making him the first Caribbean leader to take the role. ^[1]
• 25 May – 2025 Surinamese general election: No party obtains a majority in the 51-seat National Assembly, with the National Democratic Party (NDP) winning 18 seats followed by the ruling Progressive Reform Party at 17. ^[2]
• 27 May – The NDP announces a coalition agreement with the Brotherhood and Unity in Politics party; the General Liberation and Development Party; the National Party of Suriname; and Pertjajah Luhur. ^[3]
• 6 July – The National Assembly elects NDP leader Jennifer Geerlings-Simons as the first female president of Suriname. ^[4]
• 16 July – Jennifer Geerlings-Simons is inaugurated as president of Suriname. ^[5]

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Suriname

Source: ^[6]

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 29 January – Chinese New Year
• 14 March – Phagwah
• 30 March – Eid al-Fitr
• 18 April – Good Friday
• 20 April – Easter Sunday
• 21 April – Easter Monday
• 1 May – Labour Day
• 6 June – Eid al-Adha
• 1 July – Ketikoti (Emancipation Day – end of slavery)
• 9 August – Indigenous People's Day
• 10 October – Day of the Maroons
• 21 October – Diwali
• 25 November – Independence Day
• 25 December – Christmas Day

Deaths

• 30 April – Jules Wijdenbosch, 83, president (1996–2000) and prime minister (1987–1988). ^[7]
• 22 June – Patricia Etnel, 49, MP (since 2015). ^[8]
• 22 June – Marijke Djwalapersad, 73, chairperson of the National Assembly (1996–2000). ^[9]

References

1. "Suriname's Albert Ramdin elected OAS's first Caribbean secretary general". Reuters . 10 March 2025.
2. "Suriname's ruling party, opposition nearly tied in parliamentary election". Reuters . 26 May 2025.
3. "A new coalition challenges Suriname's president after a close election". AP News . 28 May 2025.
4. "Jennifer Geerlings-Simons becomes Suriname's first woman president". France 24 . 7 July 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
5. "Jenny Geerlings-Simons, president van de Republiek Suriname". Star Nieuws . 16 July 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
6. "Suriname Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
7. "Jules Wijdenbosch overleden". Times of Suriname. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
8. "Parlementariër Patricia Etnel overleden". Suriname Herald (in Dutch). 22 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
9. "Marijke Indra Djwalapersad, pionier in Surinaamse politiek, overleden op 73-jarige leeftijd". De Snelle. 12 September 2025. Retrieved 13 September 2025.

External links

• Online calendar