Name required. Loading Comments Email Required Name Required Website. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. He took office as president in , following a democratic election and was elected for another term in The court ruled that the president had overseen an operation which involved soldiers under his command kidnapping 16 government critics, including lawyers, journalists and university professors. Only one of the detainees - a union leader - survived the killings and was able to testify against Bouterse.
After playing an active role in a coup d'etat against Prime Minister Henck Arron, Bouterse was promoted to head of the army and made de facto leader of Suriname until He stepped down under international pressure in , then briefly seized power again in In a Dutch court convicted him in absentia of trafficking cocaine to the Netherlands, but he has avoided an year prison term because the two countries do not have an extradition treaty.
Note: Suriname's president is not chosen directly by voters, but by legislators. A two-thirds majority in the seat parliament is required to elect the president of Suriname, a South American country where the official language is Dutch but most people speak Sranan. Kitts and Nevis St.
Lucia St. Site Map. Early life and education Desi Bouterse was born in Domburg, Suriname, in On 19 July , Bouterse was elected as President of Suriname; he will be installed in his post on 3 August. Ronald Runaldo Venetiaan born June 18, is a mathematician and the current president of Suriname. His first term as president was from to , but he lost presidential elections to Jules Wijdenbosch. In he won them again, on the New Front banner, receiving 37 out of 51 votes in the Parliament.
In he was re-elected to serve a third term as president and sworn in on August President of Suriname. Current Dictators.
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