List of deputy prime ministers of Suriname

Deputy Prime Minister of Suriname
Vice-minister-president van Suriname
Longest serving officeholder Olton van Genderen 24 December 1973 – 25 February 1980
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;66 years ago (1958-06-25)
First holder	Alfred Morpurgo
Final holder	Harry Kensmil
Abolished	25 January 1988;37 years ago (1988-01-25)
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.

List of officeholders

   Progressive Surinamese People's Party (PSV)

   Progressive Reform Party (VHP)

   National Party of Suriname (NPS)

   Nationalist Republican Party (PNR)

   Progressive Workers' and Farmers' Union (PALU)

   February 25th Movement (VFB)

   Party for National Unity and Solidarity (KTPI)

   Independent

Deputy prime ministers of Suriname (1954–1988)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Portfolio	Term of office			Political party	Cabinet
				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 [a]	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 [b]	2 years, 59 days		Arron II
Vacant (25 February 1980 – 15 August 1980)
2		André Haakmat (1939–2024)	Minister of Foreign Affairs and Justice and Police	15 August 1980 [7]	7 January 1981 [c]	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 [d]	253 days	Independent [13]	Neijhorst
4		Winston Caldeira (born 1941) [14]	Minister of Finance and Planning	26 February 1983	8 January 1984 [e]	317 days	PALU	Alibux
5		Frank Leeflang (1936–2024)	Minister of the Interior and Justice	3 February 1984	26 June 1985 [f]	1 year, 143 days	VFB	Udenhout
Vacant (26 June 1985 – 17 July 1986)
6		Jules Wijdenbosch (1941–2025) [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

Deputy Vice President of Suriname (1988–1990)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Portfolio	Term of office			Political party	Cabinet
				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 [g]	2 years, 333 days	KTPI	Shankar

Timeline

See also

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

Notes

1. Died in office. ^[3]
2. Deposed in the Sergeants' Coup.
3. Dismissed by Bouterse. ^[8]
4. Resigned following the December murders. ^[12]
5. Dismissed by Bouterse. ^[15]
6. Resigned after cabinet reshuffle. ^[16]
7. Deposed in the Telephone Coup. ^[20]

References

1. Janssen, Roger (2011). In Search of a Path: An Analysis of the Foreign Policy of Suriname from 1975 to 1991. Leiden: Brill. p. 208. ISBN   978-90-04-25367-4. JSTOR   10.1163/j.ctt1w8h0wm .
2. "Met en enkel woord". Leidsch Dagblad (in Dutch). 9 August 1960. p. 2.
3. "Surinaamse vice-premier overleden". Leidsch Dagblad (in Dutch). 17 February 1964. p. 11.
4. "OAS blifjt ontwikkelingen in Suriname nauwgezet volgen". Leidse Courant (in Dutch). 19 December 1990. p. 5.
5. "Verbroederingspolitiek Lachmon: Tweede viool voor Hindostanen". Starnieuws via fathh.com (in Dutch). 9 January 2016.
6. "Kabinetsformatie in Suriname rond". Leidsch Dagblad (in Dutch). 28 December 1977. p. 13.
7. "Haakmat op zware post in Suriname". Nieuwe Leidsche Courant (in Dutch). 16 August 1980. p. 7.
8. "Haakmat schaakmat". Leidse Courant (in Dutch). 7 January 1981. p. 1.
9. Janssen 2011, p. 61.
10. "Leden beleidscentrum Suriname in functie". Nederlands Dagblad via kb.nl (in Dutch). 7 April 1982. p. 3.
11. "AROUND THE WORLD; New Civilian Cabinet Installed in Suriname". The New York Times. 1 April 1982. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
12. Janssen 2011, p. 146.
13. Molleman, Henk (1983). "Suriname, van democratie tot 'heilstaat'" (PDF). Socialisme en Democratie (in Dutch). 40 (2): 3–12.
14. "Juristencomité teleurgesteld uit Suriname teruggekeerd". Leidse Courant (in Dutch). 7 March 1983. p. 9.
15. "SURINAME'S CABINET IS OUSTED". The New York Times. 10 January 1984. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
16. "Nieuw Surinaams kabinet beedigd". Leidse Courant (in Dutch). 28 June 1985. p. 5.
17. "Haakmat voorspelt grotere macht politieke partijen". Leidse Courant (in Dutch). 13 February 1987. p. 4.
18. "Nieuwe regering in Suriname beëdigd". Leidsch Dagblad (in Dutch). 8 April 1987. p. 7.
19. "Politiebond steunt vredesakkoord Suriname". Leidsch Dagblad (in Dutch). 2 August 1989. p. 16.
20. Howard W. French (27 December 1990). "Suriname Coup Leaders Had Power Already". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 December 2020.