Vice President of Suriname

Template:Short description The vice president of Suriname (Template:Langx) is the second-highest political position in Suriname, after the president. The president and the vice president are elected by the National Assembly for five-year terms.

The position of vice president was created in the Constitution of 1987, when the position of prime minister of Suriname was abolished. The vice president is charged with the day-to-day management of the Council of Ministers and is responsible to the President.

Ronnie Brunswijk is the incumbent vice president of Suriname as of 16 July 2020. Brunswijk was elected on 13 July 2020 as vice president by acclamation in an uncontested election and inaugurated on 16 July in the Onafhankelijkheidsplein, Paramaribo in a private ceremony due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Powers and duties

The powers of the president are exercised by the vice president:

1. In case the president is declared unfit to exercise his powers;
2. In case the president has laid down the exercise of his powers temporarily;
3. As long as there is no president or if he is absent;
4. If, in the case described in article 140, prosecution against the President has been initiated.

List of vice presidents

Political parties

  Party for National Unity and Solidarity (KTPI)

  National Party of Suriname (NPS)

  National Democratic Party (NDP)

  Progressive Reform Party (VHP)

  Basic Party for Renewal and Democracy (BVD)

  General Liberation and Development Party (ABOP)

Vice President of Suriname (1988–present)

Vice President			Term of office			Political party	President
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|1	File:Henck Arron Schiphol persconferentie 1988 (cropped).jpg	Henck Arron (1936–2000)	25 January 1988	24 December 1990 Template:Efn	Template:Age in years and days	NPS	Ramsewak Shankar (VHP)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|2	File:JulesWijdenbosch2017.jpg	Jules Wijdenbosch (1941–2025)	7 January 1991	16 September 1991	Template:Age in years and days	NDP	Johan Kraag (NPS)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|3	File:Jules Ajodhia.jpg	Jules Ajodhia (1945–2024)	16 September 1991	15 September 1996	Template:Age in years and days	VHP	Ronald Venetiaan (NPS)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black"|4	File:No image.png	Pretaap Radhakishun (1934–2001)	15 September 1996	12 August 2000	Template:Age in years and days	BVD	Jules Wijdenbosch (NDP)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|(3)	File:Jules Ajodhia.jpg	Jules Ajodhia (1945–2024)	12 August 2000	12 August 2005	Template:Age in years years	VHP	Ronald Venetiaan (NPS)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|5	File:Ramdien Sardjoe.jpg	Ramdien Sardjoe (born 1935)	12 August 2005	12 August 2010	Template:Age in years years	VHP
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black"|6	File:Robert Ameerali.jpg	Robert Ameerali (born 1961)	12 August 2010	12 August 2015	Template:Age in years years	ABOP	Dési Bouterse (NDP)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|7	File:Ashwin Satyandre Adhin2.jpg	Ashwin Adhin (born 1980)	12 August 2015	16 July 2020	Template:Age in years and days	NDP
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black"|8	File:Brunswijk waarnemend.png	Ronnie Brunswijk (born 1961)	16 July 2020	Incumbent	Template:Age in years and days (as of 30 May 2026)	ABOP	Chan Santokhi (VHP)

Deputy Vice President of Suriname (1988–1990)

Deputy Vice President			Term of office			Political party	Vice President
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 1	File:Willy Soemita.jpg	Willy Soemita (1936–2022)	25 January 1988	24 December 1990 Template:Efn	Template:Age in years and days	KTPI	Arron (NPS)

Timeline

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 from: 12/08/2010 till: 12/08/2015 color:abop text:"Robert Ameerali"
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 from: 12/08/2015 till: 16/07/2020 color:ndp  text:"Ashwin Adhin"
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See also

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