President Gerald Ford wrote a letter to Suriname President Johan Henri Eliza Ferrier in which he extended the recognition of Suriname by the United States Government and stated that he hoped for the prompt establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Menu Menu. Suriname - Countries. Modern Flag of Suriname. A guerrilla insurgency by the Jungle Commando a Bush Negro guerrilla group threatened to destabilize the country and was harshly suppressed by Bouterse.
Free elections were held on May 25, , depriving the military of much of its political power. In a peace treaty was signed between the government and several guerrilla groups. In March , the president announced new economic measures, including eliminating import tariffs on most basic goods, coupled with strict price controls.
Later that year, the Netherlands said it would prosecute Bouterse for cocaine trafficking. Venetiaan was reelected in Aug. In July , a United Nations tribunal settled a long-simmering maritime dispute between Suriname and Guyana.
The UN redrew the maritime border to give both countries access to an area potentially rich in oil deposits. The Mega Combination coalition, headed by former dictator Dsi Bouterse, won a two-thirds majority in May 's parliamentary elections. Parliament elected him president in August.
In , the position of prime minister was abolished. The position was replaced by that of vice president who took charge of the Council of Ministers. The vice president became second in command behind the president, elected in the same way, by getting at least two-thirds of the vote in the National Assembly of Suriname.
The first vice president was Henck Arron. Robert Ameerali has been the vice president since August 12, In July , Parliament re-elected President Bouterse.
Bouterse was unopposed in the election. Ameerali remained vice president. See also Encyclopedia: Suriname. State Dept. Country Notes: Suriname. Government Constitutional democracy.
History Suriname's earliest inhabitants were the Surinen Indians, after whom the country is named. In May , torrential flooding left more than 20, homeless. Government troops launched a military offensive against SLA rebels on September , , resulting in the deaths of three SLA rebels,. SLA troops captured Moengo on November 20, Government troops launched a seven-day counter-offensive against SLA rebels beginning on November 28, Government soldiers killed some 35 civilians mostly women and children in the village of Moiwana on November 29, The government declared a state-of-emergency on December 1, On December 16, , the U.
SLA rebels killed two government soldiers on January 16, Prime Minister Radhakishun resigned on February 12, , and Jules Albert Wijdenbosch formed an interim government on February 13, A new constitution was approved by some 94 percent of voters in a referendum held on September 30, SLA rebels killed one government policeman in Moengo on November 24, The Dutch government sent five observers to monitor the legislative elections beginning on November 20, On December 3, , the Dutch mission reported that the legislative elections had been free and fair.
Government troops killed seven individuals in the village of Pokigron on December 31, Ramsewak Shankar was inaugurated as president on January 25, Government and SLA representatives held negotiations in Kourou, French Guiana on July , , and the parties signed a peace agreement on July 21,
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