2025 in Suriname
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Events in the year 2025 in Suriname.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Chan Santokhi (until 16 July); Jennifer Geerlings-Simons (since 16 July)
- Vice President Ronnie Brunswijk (until 16 July); Gregory Rusland (since 16 July)
- Speaker: Marinus Bee (until 27 June); Ashwin Adhin (since 27 June)
Events
[edit]- 10 March – Foreign minister Albert Ramdin is elected OAS secretary general, making him the first Caribbean leader to take the role.[1]
- 25 May – 2025 Surinamese general election: No party obtains a majority in the 51-seat National Assembly, with the National Democratic Party (NDP) winning 18 seats followed by the ruling Progressive Reform Party at 17.[2]
- 27 May – The NDP announces a coalition agreement with the Brotherhood and Unity in Politics party; the General Liberation and Development Party; the National Party of Suriname; and Pertjajah Luhur.[3]
- 6 July – The National Assembly elects NDP leader Jennifer Geerlings-Simons as the first female president of Suriname.[4]
- 16 July – Jennifer Geerlings-Simons is inaugurated as president of Suriname.[5]
- 28 December – Nine people, including five children, are killed in a knife attack in Richelieu, Commewijne District. The suspect is arrested but dies from suicide in police custody the next day.[6]
Holidays
[edit]Source:[7]
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 29 January – Chinese New Year
- 14 March – Phagwah
- 30 March – Eid al-Fitr
- 18 April – Good Friday
- 20 April – Easter Sunday
- 21 April – Easter Monday
- 1 May – Labour Day
- 6 June – Eid al-Adha
- 1 July – Ketikoti (Emancipation Day – end of slavery)
- 9 August – Indigenous People's Day
- 10 October – Day of the Maroons
- 21 October – Diwali
- 25 November – Independence Day
- 25 December – Christmas Day
Deaths
[edit]- 30 April – Jules Wijdenbosch, 83, president (1996–2000) and prime minister (1987–1988).[8]
- 22 June – Patricia Etnel, 49, MP (since 2015).[9]
- 22 June – Marijke Djwalapersad, 73, chairperson of the National Assembly (1996–2000).[10]
- 5 November – Ronald Venetiaan, 89, president (1991–1996, 2000–2010).[11]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Suriname's Albert Ramdin elected OAS's first Caribbean secretary general". Reuters. 10 March 2025.
- ↑ "Suriname's ruling party, opposition nearly tied in parliamentary election". Reuters. 26 May 2025.
- ↑ "A new coalition challenges Suriname's president after a close election". AP News. 28 May 2025.
- ↑ "Jennifer Geerlings-Simons becomes Suriname's first woman president". France 24. 7 July 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
- ↑ "Jenny Geerlings-Simons, president van de Republiek Suriname". Star Nieuws. 16 July 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
- ↑ Rozenblad, Herald (30 December 2025). "Suriname knife attacker found dead in his cell, after killing 9 people including his own children". AP News. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
- ↑ "Suriname Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
- ↑ "Jules Wijdenbosch overleden". Times of Suriname. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
- ↑ "Parlementariër Patricia Etnel overleden". Suriname Herald (in Dutch). 22 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
- ↑ "Marijke Indra Djwalapersad, pionier in Surinaamse politiek, overleden op 73-jarige leeftijd". De Snelle. 12 September 2025. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
- ↑ "Three-time Former Suriname Leader Venetiaan Dead At 89: Family". Barron's. AFP. 5 November 2025. Retrieved 6 November 2025.