President of Suriname
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The President of the Republic of Suriname is, in accordance with the Constitution of 1987, the head of state and head of government of Suriname, and commander-in-chief of the Suriname National Army. T
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Dési Bouterse
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Desiré "Desi" Delano Bouterse was a Surinamese military officer, politician, and convicted drug trafficker, who served as the eighth president of Suriname from 2010 to 2020, having previously led the
President of Suriname
…in August 1980, several months after a coup d'état. From then until 1988, the presidents were essentially army-installed puppets of army commander Dési Bouterse, who ruled as a de facto military dictator with few practical checks on his power. Bouterse allowed multiparty elections in 1987, shortly after the…
Official portrait, 2010
Bouterse as the Commander of the Armed Forces in 1985
Thousands of people in Paramaribo conduct a silent march on 10 April 2012 against the amnesty law