General elections were held in Suriname on 25 November 1987. They were the first held in the country since the first post-independence elections in 1977...

former Surinamese politician who served as Chairman of the National Assembly of Suriname from 1986 until the aftermath of the 1987 Surinamese general election...

General elections were held in Suriname on 31 October 1977, the first after independence. The result was a victory for the National Party Combination...

Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p614 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6 Suriname, 30 September 1987: Constitution Direct...

Progressive Reform Party, the Party for National Unity and Solidarity and the Surinamese Labour Party), which won 30 of the 51 seats. Voter turnout was 69% Democratic...

military junta of Suriname between the 1980 Sergeants' Coup and the 1987 general election. Formed immediately following the Sergeants' Coup, the NMR initially...

supported by Indo-Surinamese. Previous chairman Ram Sardjoe holds the title of honorary chairman. After the 2020 parliamentary elections, the Progressive...

The 1980 Surinamese coup d'état, usually referred to as the Sergeants' Coup (Dutch: De Sergeantencoup), was a military coup in Suriname which occurred...

Netherlands has provided limited military assistance to the Surinamese armed forces since the election of a democratic government in 1991. In recent years, the...

(Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdeːsi ˈbʌutərsə]; born 13 October 1945) is a Surinamese military officer, politician, convicted murderer, and drug trafficker...

The 1990 Surinamese coup d'état, usually referred to as the Telephone Coup (Dutch: De Telefooncoup), was a military coup in Suriname on 24 December 1990...

NDP) is a political party in Suriname. It was founded on 4 July 1987 by Surinamese leader Dési Bouterse, and was one of the first parties in the country...

creating a Chinese Surinamese population. From 1873 to 1916, many laborers were imported from India, creating the Indo-Surinamese. After 1916, many laborers...

Brunswijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɔni ˈbrʏnsʋɛik]; born 7 March 1961) is a Surinamese politician, businessman, former rebel leader, footballer and convicted...

Suriname held general elections in 1928, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1942, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1955, 1958, 1963, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1977, 1987, 1991, 1996...

that Canadian mining company Iamgold had to pay. After the 2010 Surinamese general election Rusland was candidate for the Vice Presidency on behalf of the...

war, more than 10,000 Surinamese, mostly Maroons, fled to French Guiana in the late 1980s. National elections were held in 1987. The National Assembly...

Henck Alphonsus Eugène Arron (25 April 1936 – 4 December 2000) was a Surinamese politician who served as the first Prime Minister of Suriname after it...

political party in early 1977 to participate in the Surinamese general election of 1977. After the 1980 Surinamese coup d'état the party tried to steer the revolt...

party tends to be more popular among Afro-Surinamese and multiracial people. At the 2005 legislative elections, the party was part of the New Front for...

workers and Surinamese people in the Netherlands. With the backing of the party, Glimmerveen participated in the 1974 municipal council election in The Hague...

from 1987. In that year, democracy was reestablished after the coup and a new constitution was adopted, organizing the Assembly, so new elections could...

quarterfinals, Gil referred to Ajax Amsterdam, due to its many players of Surinamese origin, as FC Congo. The English band Prolapse released a song called...

Ramsewak Shankar (born 6 November 1937) is a Surinamese politician who was the 4th President of Suriname, serving from 1988 to 1990. His government was...

the elections of 1987, because the Surinamese Interior War made it difficult to access their members in the interior. At the 2005 legislative election, the...

retired from politics after the 1969 Surinamese general election, although he was still widely respected. The Surinamese daily De Vrije Stem [nl] suggested...

forfeit any additional posts in politics or business. A candidate must be a Surinamese national (resident in the country for at least six years) who is at least...

2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015. "Mauritius: Indo-Mauritians in the general elections". African Democracy Encyclopaedia Project. EISA. Retrieved 28 May...

during the election campaign. The Den Uyl government in The Hague now had a willing partner in Paramaribo to realise its plans for Surinamese independence...

73, British poet, writer, and translator, cancer. Stanley Rensch, 84, Surinamese Maroon and human rights activist, denounced the Moiwana massacre. Gary...