# Picture Name Took office Left office Party
1 JohanFerrier.jpg Johan Ferrier 25 November 1975 13 August 1980
(resigned after a
February coup d'état)
Independent
2 H.Chin A Sen.jpg Hendrick Chin A Sen 15 August 1980 4 February 1982 PNR
3 L.F.Ramdat Misier.jpg Fred Ramdat Misier 8 February 1982 25 January 1988 Independent
4 60px Ramsewak Shankar 25 January 1988 24 December 1990
(deposed)
VHP
5 60px Johan Kraag 29 December 1990 16 September 1991 NPS
6 Ronald Venetiaan.jpg Ronald Venetiaan 16 September 1991 15 September 1996 NPS
7 Coat of arms of Suriname.svg Jules Wijdenbosch 15 September 1996 12 August 2000 NDP
(6) Ronald Venetiaan.jpg Ronald Venetiaan 12 August 2000 12 August 2010 NPS
8 President Bouterse.JPG Dési Bouterse 12 August 2010 Incumbent NDP
Parties: National Democratic Party (NDP), Nationalist Republican Party (PNR), National Party of Suriname (NPS), Progressive Reform Party (VHP)