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    Desiré Delano Bouterse (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdeːsi ˈbʌutərsə]; born 13 October 1945) is a Surinamese military officer, politician, convicted murderer...
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  • Dino Delano Bouterse (born 27 September 1972) is the son of the former president of Suriname, Dési Bouterse. The former head of the Suriname Anti-Terrorist...
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    became a much discussed matter of the main suspect in that trial, Dési Bouterse. Bouterse said on 26 November 2007, four days before the commencement of...
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    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 to have a stable base...
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    road started in November 2017. The highway was named after President Dési Bouterse. The project had cost $60 million. The speed limit will be 80 km/h,...
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    the National Army led by then-army chief and de facto head of state Dési Bouterse. Suriname has one of the most ethnically diverse populations in South...
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    lit. 'group of sixteen') of the Surinamese Armed Forces (SKM) led by Dési Bouterse overthrew the government of Prime Minister Henck Arron with a violent...
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    Suriname, serving from 1988 to 1990. His government was overthrown by Dési Bouterse leading a bloodless military coup. Shankar had previously served as...
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  • March 1982. Soldiers of Dési Bouterse (dictator of Suriname at the time) took them to Fort Zeelandia (at that time Bouterse's headquarters), where they...
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  • opposition to the military dictatorship of Dési Bouterse. Behr was assassinated along with 14 other prominent Bouterse opponents on 8 December 1982, in an incident...
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  • officers and one junior officer, under the leadership of sergeant major Dési Bouterse, staged a coup d'état and overthrew the Government. Subsequently, the...
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    Arron's government. It was initiated by a group of 16 sergeants, led by Dési Bouterse. Opponents of the military regime attempted counter-coups in April 1980...
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  • army failed to capture Ronnie Brunswijk. The Commando fought against Dési Bouterse and the Surinamese army in the Suriname Guerrilla War. The Jungle Commando...
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    February 1980. He was overthrown in a coup d'état by the military, led by Dési Bouterse. Released in 1981 after charges of corruption were dropped, he returned...
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  • unsuccessful coup d'état of March 1982 against the then dictator of Suriname, Dési Bouterse, and was executed on 8 December 1982 as one of the December murders...
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  • 1950 owned and edited by David George Findlay. On 25 February 1980, Dési Bouterse led a coup d'état. During the coup a hand grenade was thrown into the...
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    elects the president of the country after it sits, incumbent President Dési Bouterse (who had been ruling since 2010) and his NDP were hoping to pull off...
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    known as the Sergeants' Coup): A group of military officers, led by Dési Bouterse, overthrew the government of Prime Minister Henck Arron. The coup began...
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    behalf of the National Democratic Party of Dési Bouterse. In 2000, the Millennium Combination of Desi Bouterse unexpectedly nominated Doekhi as a candidate...
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    vice-chairpersons of the National Democratic Party, which was founded by Dési Bouterse. She was leader of the parliamentary fraction from 2000 until 2006....
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    Suriname. Brunswijk served as the personal bodyguard of military dictator Dési Bouterse in the early 1980s, but was discharged after asking for a raise, and...
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    state visits from "revolutionaries" from other countries, including Dési Bouterse (Suriname), Daniel Ortega (Nicaragua), and Sam Nujoma (Namibia). More...
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  • the right hand man of army leader Dési Bouterse. Horb was a sergeant in Suriname. In 1979, he asked Dési Bouterse to be chairman of a new military union...
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  • Revolución Panameña ("Supreme Leader of the Panamanian Revolution"). Dési Bouterse, de facto leader of Suriname during 1980 military rule The Supreme Leader...
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    during the Surinamese Interior War between the national army led by Dési Bouterse and the Jungle Commando led by Ronnie Brunswijk. On 29 November 1986...
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    coalition that includes the National Democratic Party of former dictator Dési Bouterse. The ruling Nieuw Front (NF) had around 22.5% support. There were 324...
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    1990, Dési Bouterse resigned as commander of the army, because of the growing disagreement between him and President Ramsewak Shankar. Bouterse was against...
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  • producer Desi Arnaz Jr. (born 1953), American actor and musician Desi Barmore (born 1960), American-Israeli basketball player Dési Bouterse (born 1945)...
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    2013, Adhin became Minister of Education in the cabinet of President Dési Bouterse, replacing Shirley Sitaldin. After the 2015 Surinamese general election...
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  • military dictatorship after Dési Bouterse and Roy Horb and was known as "the executioner of Fort Zeelandia". Like Dési Bouterse, Bhagwandas was educated...
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