Post: | Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation |
Body: | the Republic of Suriname |
Insignia: | Coat of arms of Suriname.svg |
Insigniasize: | 125px |
Insigniacaption: | Coat of arms of Suriname |
Incumbent: | Albert Ramdin |
Incumbentsince: | 16 July 2020 |
Department: | Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation |
Type: | Foreign minister |
Seat: | 8, Paramaribo |
Nominator: | President of Suriname |
Appointer: | President of Suriname |
Termlength: | No term limit |
Inaugural: | Henck Arron |
Formation: | 25 November 1975 |
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation of the Republic of Suriname (Dutch; Flemish: Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken, Internationale Business en Internationale Samenwerking van de Republiek Suriname) is a government minister in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation of Suriname, responsible for conducting foreign relations of the country.
The following is a list of foreign ministers of Suriname since its founding in 1975:[1]
Name | Portrait | Tenure | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Henck Arron | 1975–1980 | ||
2 | Henk Chin A Sen | 1980 | ||
3 | 1980–1981 | |||
4 | 1981–1983 | |||
5 | Errol Alibux | 1983–1984 | ||
6 | Wim Udenhout | 1984–1985 | ||
7 | 1985–1986 | |||
8 | 1986–1987 | |||
9 | 1987–1988 | |||
10 | 1988–1990 | |||
11 | 1991 | |||
12 | Subhas Mungra | 1991–1996 | ||
13 | 1996–1997 | |||
14 | 1997–2000 | |||
15 | Marie Levens | 2000–2005 | ||
16 | Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk | 2005–2010 | ||
17 | Winston Lackin [2] | 2010–2015 | ||
18 | Niermala Badrising [3] | 2015–2017 | ||
19 | Yldiz Pollack-Beighle [4] | 2017–2020 | ||
20 | Albert Ramdin [5] | 2020–present |