Desiré Delano Bouterse (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdeːsi ˈbʌutərsə]; 13 October 1945 – 23 December 2024) was a Surinamese military officer, politician, convicted...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

1955) is a retired Dutch criminal lawyer. She has defended among others Desi Bouterse, Guus Kouwenhoven, and, during the Marengo trial, Ridouan Taghi. Weski...

state visits from "revolutionaries" from other countries, including Dési Bouterse (Suriname), Daniel Ortega (Nicaragua), and Sam Nujoma (Namibia). More...

Henck Arron was overthrown in a military coup led by Sergeant-Major Dési Bouterse. President Ferrier refused to recognise the new government, appointing...

Suriname, serving from 1988 to 1990. His government was overthrown by Dési Bouterse leading a bloodless military coup. Shankar had previously served as...

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...

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...

officers and one junior officer, under the leadership of sergeant major Dési Bouterse, staged a coup d'état and overthrew the Government. Subsequently, the...

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...

army failed to capture Ronnie Brunswijk. The Commando fought against Dési Bouterse and the Surinamese army in the Suriname Guerrilla War. The Jungle Commando...

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...

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...

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...

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...

tempore of UNASUR In role 4 December 2014 – 1 March 2015 Preceded by Dési Bouterse Succeeded by Tabaré Vázquez Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries...

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,...

d'état occurred in Suriname that was organized by Senior Sergeant Dési Bouterse. Bouterse started to rule Suriname like a dictator, heading the National...

vice-chairpersons of the National Democratic Party, which was founded by Dési Bouterse. She was leader of the parliamentary fraction from 2000 until 2006....

very active. On 15 March 1980, after the Sergeants Coup, which brought Dési Bouterse and his military council to power, Chin A Sen was installed as Prime...

Robert Lamm, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer 1945 – Dési Bouterse, Surinamese general and politician, 9th President of Suriname (d. 2024)...

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...

February 1980 Dési Bouterse, head of the Surinamese military, staged a violent coup d'état against Prime Minister Henck Arron and Bouterse became de facto...

producer Desi Arnaz Jr. (born 1953), American actor and musician Desi Barmore (born 1960), American-Israeli basketball player Dési Bouterse (born 1945)...