Historical Organization
Republic of Suriname
Republic of Suriname
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Organization Timeline
Suriname becomes an independent republic
đź“… 25 November 1975Suriname left the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Act of Recognition was signed. Independence followed long political organizing and negotiations, but the transition occurred without a referendum...
Suriname and the Netherlands sign a nationality-allocation agreement
đź“… 25 November 1975The agreement determined which residents became Surinamese or Dutch nationals at independence. Its rules shaped migration and family decisions, demonstrating that decolonization also involved...
Suriname becomes independent after a negotiated transfer of sovereignty
📅 25 November 1975Suriname left the Kingdom of the Netherlands and became a sovereign republic. The transition followed decades of anticolonial debate and the 1954 Charter’s limited autonomy; it was accelerated by...
The 1987 Constitution enters into force
📅 30 October 1987The new constitution came into force a month after approval by referendum. It formalized a new institutional order after military rule, though disputes over civilian authority and the military’s...
General elections return an elected parliament after military rule
📅 25 November 1987Voters elected a new National Assembly after the 1980 coup and years of military dominance. The result restored electoral politics but did not end the army’s influence or the lasting consequences of...
Elections renew civilian government after the 1990 “telephone coup”
📅 25 May 1991Surinamese voters elected a new National Assembly following the military’s December 1990 intervention. The 1991 election helped re-establish civilian government, although the armed forces remained a...
Suriname and the Netherlands sign a Framework Treaty
đź“… 18 June 1992The two states signed a treaty for friendship and closer cooperation. In the post-independence setting, relations over development aid, sovereignty and external influence remained contested. The...
Inter-American Court rules on the Moiwana community’s claims
đź“… 15 June 2005The Court held Suriname responsible for failures to investigate the 1986 attack and for violations connected to displacement and community rights. The judgment recognized that state violence had...