Communist Party of Suriname

Communist Party of Suriname
Communist Party of Suriname
Leader	Bram Behr
Founder	Bram Behr
Founded	1981
Membership	25 (1985)
Ideology	Hoxhaism
Political position	Far-left

Last updated October 15, 2025

The Communist Party of Suriname (Dutch : Kommunistische Partij van Suriname) was a communist party in Suriname.

Surinamese Marxists founded the party in 1973, and they ran candidates in the 1977 Surinamese election under the label "Democratic People's Front", winning 0.78% of the vote, and no seats. The party was ideologically aligned with the People's Socialist Republic of Albania, and Hoxhaism.^[1]

No member of the party was ever elected to political office in Suriname.^[2] Bram Behr, the leader of the party, was imprisoned and executed in 1982. The party published a journal called Modro, which was edited by Behr.

It had about 25 members in 1985^[1], and had effectively dissolved by the end of the Cold War.

References

1 2 Hobday, Charles (1986). Communist and Marxist Parties of the World. Harlow: Longman. pp. 377–378. ISBN 0-582-90264-9.
↑ Ameringer, Charles D., ed. (1992). Political Parties of the Americas, 1980s to 1990s: Canada, Latin America, and the West Indies. Westport: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 568. ISBN 978-0-313-27418-3.

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[Hobday1986-1] 1 2 Hobday, Charles (1986). Communist and Marxist Parties of the World. Harlow: Longman. pp. 377–378. ISBN 0-582-90264-9.

[Ameringer1992-2] Ameringer, Charles D., ed. (1992). Political Parties of the Americas, 1980s to 1990s: Canada, Latin America, and the West Indies. Westport: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 568. ISBN 978-0-313-27418-3.

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