Minister of Foreign Affairs (Suriname)

Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation of the Republic of Suriname
Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken, Internationale Business en Internationale Samenwerking van de Republiek Suriname
Coat of arms of Suriname
Incumbent Krishna Mathoera since 29 May 2025
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation
Type	Foreign minister
Seat	Henck Arronstraat  [ nl ] 8, Paramaribo
Nominator	President of Suriname
Appointer	President of Suriname
Term length	No term limit
Inaugural holder	Henck Arron
Formation	25 November 1975
Website	foreignaffairs.gov.sr

Seat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation in Paramaribo.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation of the Republic of Suriname (Dutch : Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken, Internationale Business en Internationale Samenwerking van de Republiek Suriname) is a government minister in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation of Suriname, responsible for conducting foreign relations of the country.

List of ministers

The following is a list of foreign ministers of Suriname since its founding in 1975: ^[1]

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Tenure
1	Henck Arron (1936–2000) [a]		1975–1980
2	Henk Chin A Sen (1934–1999)		1980
3	André Haakmat (1939–2024)		1980–1981
4	Harvey Naarendorp (b. 1940)		1981–1983
5	Errol Alibux (b. 1948)		1983–1984
6	Wim Udenhout (1937–2023)		1984–1985
7	Erik Tjon Kie Sim  [ nl ] (1936–2009)		1985–1986
8	Henk Herrenberg (1938–2024)		1986–1987
9	Henk Heidweiller  [ nl ] (1929–1989)		1987–1988
10	Eddy Sedoc  [ nl ] (1938–2011) [b]		1988–1990
11	Robby Ramlakhan  [ nl ] (b. 1956)		1991
12	Subhas Mungra (b. 1945)		1991–1996
13	Faried Pierkhan  [ nl ] (b. 1960)		1996–1997
14	Errol Snijders  [ nl ] (b. 1948)		1997–2000
15	Marie Levens (b. 1950)		2000–2005
16	Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk (b. 1941)		2005–2010
17	Winston Lackin (1954–2019) [2]		2010–2015
18	Niermala Badrising (b. 1962) [3]		2015–2017
19	Yldiz Pollack-Beighle (b. 1983) [4]		2017–2020
20	Albert Ramdin (b. 1958) [5]		2020–2025
21	Krishna Mathoera (b. 1963)		2025–present

See also

• List of diplomatic missions of Suriname
• Foreign relations of Suriname
• Politics of Suriname

Notes

1. Deposed in the Sergeants' Coup.
2. Deposed in the Telephone Coup.

References

1. "Foreign ministers S-Z". rulers.org. B. Schemmel. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
2. "Compact Curriculum Vitae van de minister van Buitenlandse Zaken van de Republiek Suriname" (in Dutch). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Suriname. Archived from the original on 25 November 2011.
3. "Badrising heeft de fakkel op BuZa overgenomen van Lackin" (in Dutch). De Surinaamse Krant. 17 August 2015. Archived from the original on 27 August 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
4. "Buza-minister Pollack: "Wroko bari"; nieuw begin voor Buza en Suriname". Suriname Herald (in Dutch). 3 February 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
5. "Dit zijn de ministers in het nieuwe regeerteam van Suriname". Waterkant (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 July 2020.