| Post: | Vice President |
| Body: | the Republic of Suriname |
| Insigniacaption: | Standard of the Vice President of Suriname |
| Incumbent: | Ronnie Brunswijk |
| Incumbentsince: | 16 July 2020 |
| Appointer: | National Assembly |
| Termlength: | Five years, renewable indefinitely |
| Precursor: | Prime Minister |
| Inaugural: | Henck Arron |
| Formation: | 25 January 1988 |
| Deputy: | Deputy Vice President |
| Salary: | 116,870 USD annually[1] |
| Website: | Cabinet of the Vice-President |
The vice president of Suriname (Dutch; Flemish: Vicepresident van de Republiek Suriname) is the second-highest political position in Suriname, after the president. The president and the vice president are elected by the National Assembly for five-year terms.
The position of vice president was created in the Constitution of 1987, when the position of prime minister of Suriname was abolished. The vice president is charged with the day-to-day management of the Council of Ministers[2] and is responsible to the President.
Ronnie Brunswijk is the incumbent vice president of Suriname as of 16 July 2020. Brunswijk was elected on 13 July 2020 as vice president by acclamation in an uncontested election[3] and inaugurated on 16 July on the Onafhankelijkheidsplein in Paramaribo in ceremony without public due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] [5]
The powers of the president are exercised by the vice president:
| Vice President | Term of office | Political party | President | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| 1 | Henck Arron | 1988 | 1990 | NPS | Ramsewak Shankar (VHP) | |||
| 2 | Jules Wijdenbosch | 1991 | 1991 | NDP | Johan Kraag (NPS) | |||
| 3 | Jules Ajodhia | 1991 | 1996 | VHP | Ronald Venetiaan (NPS) | |||
| 4 | Pretaap Radhakishun | 1996 | 2000 | BVD | Jules Wijdenbosch (NDP) | |||
| Jules Ajodhia | 2000 | 2005 | years | VHP | Ronald Venetiaan (NPS) | |||
| 5 | Ramdien Sardjoe | 2005 | 2010 | years | VHP | |||
| 6 | Robert Ameerali | 2010 | 2015 | years | ABOP | Dési Bouterse (NDP) | ||
| 7 | Ashwin Adhin | 2015 | 2020 | NDP | ||||
| 8 | Ronnie Brunswijk | 2020 | ABOP | Chan Santokhi (VHP) | ||||