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Government
Long-form name: Republic of Suriname.
Type: republic.
Capital: Paramaribo.
Administrative divisions: 10 districts (distrikten, singular--
distrikt); Brokopondo, Commewijne, Coronie, Marowijne, Nickerie,
Para, Paramaribo, Saramacca, Sipaliwini, Wanica.
Independence: 25 November 1975 (from Netherlands; formerly
Netherlands Guiana or Dutch Guiana).
Constitution: ratified 30 September 1987.
Legal system: NA.
National holiday: Independence Day, 25 November (1975).
Executive branch: president, vice president and prime minister,
Cabinet of Ministers, Council of State; note--commander
in chief of the National Army maintains significant power.
Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly.
Judicial branch: Supreme Court.
Leaders:
Chief of State and Head of Government--President Ramsewak SHANKAR
(since 25 January 1988); Vice President and Prime Minister
Henck Alfonsus Eugene ARRON (since 25 January 1988).
Political parties and leaders: 25 February Movement established
by Lt. Col. Desire Bouterse in November 1983, but much of
its activity taken over by New Democratic Party (NDP) in
May 1987; leftists (all small groups)--Revolutionary People's
Party (RVP), Michael Naarendorp; Progressive Workers and
Farmers (PALU), Iwan Krolis; traditional parties--Progressive
Reform Party (VHP), Jaggernath Lachmon; National Party of
Suriname (NPS), Henck Arron; Indonesian Peasants Party (KTPI),
Willy Soemita; the VHP, NPS, and KTPI formed a coalition
known as The Front in July 1987 that overwhelmingly defeated
the NDP in the November 1987 elections.
Suffrage: universal at age 18.
Elections: National Assembly--last held 25 November 1987
(next to be held November 1992); results--The Front 80%,
others 20%; seats--(51 total) The Front 40, NDP 3, PALU 4,
Pendawa Llwa 4.
Member of: ACP, ECLA, FAO, GATT, G-77, IBA, IBRD, ICAO,
IDB--Inter-American Development Bank, IFAD, ILO, IMF, IMO,
INTERPOL, ITU, NAM, OAS, PAHO, SELA, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO,
WIPO, WMO.
Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Willem A. UDENHOUT;
Chancery at Suite 108, 4301 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington
DC 20008; telephone (202) 244-7488 or 7490 through 7492;
there is a Surinamese Consulate General in Miami; US--Ambassador
Richard HOWLAND; Embassy at Dr. Sophie Redmonstraat 129,
Paramaribo (mailing address is P.O. Box 1821, Paramaribo);
telephone [597] 72900 or 76459.
Flag: five horizontal bands of green (top, double width),
white, red (quadruple width), white, and green (double width);
there is a large yellow five-pointed star centered in the
red band.