Deputy Prime Minister of Suriname | |
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Vice-minister-president van Suriname | |
Status | Deputy prime minister |
Member of | Cabinet of Suriname |
Reports to | Prime Minister of Suriname |
Seat | Paramaribo |
Nominator | Prime Minister of Suriname |
Formation | 25 June 1958 |
First holder | Alfred Morpurgo |
Final holder | Harry Kensmil |
Abolished | 25 January 1988 |
Succession | Deputy Vice President of Suriname |
The Deputy Prime Minister of Suriname (Dutch : Vice-minister-president van Suriname) was a title given to a member of the Cabinet of Ministers of Suriname between 1954 and 1988, often to recognize members of other parties in the ruling coalition. The deputy prime minister served as acting prime minister in the absence of the Prime Minister of Suriname.
This position was abolished when the current Constitution of Suriname went into effect in 1988; however, its functions were continued in the extra-constitutional position of Deputy Vice President (Dutch : Vice-voorzitter van de ministerraad) [1] from 1988 to 1990.
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Portfolio | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
Suriname (constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands ) | |||||||||
Vacant (16 December 1954 – 25 June 1958) | |||||||||
1 | Alfred Morpurgo (1899–1973) [2] | Minister of Education and Population Development | 25 June 1958 | 30 June 1963 | 5 years, 5 days | PSV | Emanuels | ||
2 | Sewraam Rambaran Mishre (1915–1964) | Minister of Justice and Police | 30 June 1963 | 15 February 1964 [lower-alpha 1] | 230 days | VHP | Pengel I | ||
3 | Johan Kraag (1913–1996) [4] | Minister of Social Affairs | 15 February 1964 | 15 March 1967 | 3 years, 28 days | NPS | Pengel I | ||
Minister of Employment and Social Affairs | 15 March 1967 | 5 March 1969 | 1 year, 355 days | Pengel II | |||||
Vacant (5 March 1969 – 20 November 1969) | |||||||||
4 | Harry Radhakishun (1921–1983) [5] | Minister of Finance | 20 November 1969 | 24 December 1973 | 4 years, 34 days | VHP | Sedney | ||
5 | Olton van Genderen (1921–1990) | Minister of District Administration and Decentralisation | 24 December 1973 | 25 November 1975 | 1 year, 336 days | NPS | Arron I | ||
Republic of Suriname | |||||||||
1 | Olton van Genderen (1921–1990) | Minister of District Administration and Decentralisation | 25 November 1975 | 28 December 1977 | 2 years, 33 days | NPS | Arron I | ||
Minister of the Interior | 28 December 1977 [6] | 25 February 1980 [lower-alpha 2] | 2 years, 59 days | Arron II | |||||
Vacant (25 February 1980 – 15 August 1980) | |||||||||
2 | André Haakmat (born 1939) | Minister of Foreign Affairs and Justice and Police | 15 August 1980 [7] | 7 January 1981 [lower-alpha 3] | 145 days | PNR [9] | Chin A Sen | ||
Vacant (7 January 1981 – 31 March 1982) | |||||||||
3 | Harvey Naarendorp (born 1940) [10] | Minister of Foreign Affairs | 31 March 1982 [11] | 9 December 1982 [lower-alpha 4] | 253 days | Independent [13] | Neijhorst | ||
4 | Winston Caldeira (born 1941) [14] | Minister of Finance and Planning | 26 February 1983 | 8 January 1984 [lower-alpha 5] | 317 days | PALU | Alibux | ||
5 | Frank Leeflang (1936–2024) | Minister of the Interior and Justice | 3 February 1984 | 26 June 1985 [lower-alpha 6] | 1 year, 143 days | VFB | Udenhout | ||
Vacant (26 June 1985 – 17 July 1986) | |||||||||
6 | Jules Wijdenbosch (born 1941) [17] | Minister of the Interior, District Government and People's Mobilization, and Justice | 17 July 1986 | 7 April 1987 | 264 days | VFB | Radhakishun | ||
7 | Harry Kensmil (1932–2012) | Minister of Natural Resources and Energy | 7 April 1987 [18] | 25 January 1988 | 293 days | NPS | Wijdenbosch I |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Portfolio | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
1 | Willy Soemita (1936–2022) [19] | Minister of Social Affairs and Housing | 25 January 1988 | 24 December 1990 [lower-alpha 7] | 2 years, 333 days | KTPI | Shankar |
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