đź“… 25 February 1980
A group of non-commissioned officers led by Desi Bouterse seized power. This post-independence crisis unfolded amid disputes over military unions, pay, and political patronage; it demonstrates that...
đź“… 8 December 1982
Fifteen critics of the military government—including journalists, lawyers, academics, and union leaders—were detained and killed. The killings, known as the December Murders, marked a grave assault on...
đź“… 4 January 1979
After sergeant Ramon Abrahams was disciplined for reading an open letter about conditions in the army, non-commissioned officers held sit-down actions outside Parliament and the Prime Minister’s...
đź“… 25 February 1980
A group of sixteen non-commissioned officers led by Desi Bouterse seized key military installations and state power in Paramaribo. The coup ended the elected government and interrupted the...
đź“… 15 March 1980
A civilian administration took office under Prime Minister Henk Chin A Sen after the coup. Although civilian ministers were appointed and early declarations promised a return to elections and...
đź“… 13 August 1980
General Decree A transferred governing authority to the Military Authority, imposed a state of siege, suspended the Constitution and suspended Parliament. The rupture converted a coup initially...
đź“… 25 March 1982
Decree C-64 designated a Central Executive Body as the highest governing body and left its composition to the Military Authority. The Inter-American Commission described it as formalizing the de facto...
đź“… 25 February 1984
Accounts of the military period describe the movement associated with the revolution’s supporters as changing its name to Stanvaste on the anniversary of 25 February. The organization functioned...
đź“… 22 July 1986
Attacks on military posts in Stolkertsijver and Albina during the night of 21–22 July are generally treated as the beginning of the Interior War. Ronnie Brunswijk’s insurgency emerged amid conflict...
đź“… 30 September 1987
A referendum approved a negotiated constitutional framework and opened the way for elections. The process reflected pressure for a return to representative government after years of military rule,...
đź“… 25 November 1987
Suriname held general elections for representative bodies for the first time since the coup. The Front for Democracy and Development won decisively. The result restored electoral competition, though...
đź“… 25 January 1988
The government led by Ramsewak Shankar took office after the 1987 elections. The transfer was a major step in the return to civilian electoral government, but it unfolded within a constitutional...
đź“… 24 December 1990
Military commander Ivan Graanoogst announced that the military had taken power, forcing the elected government from office. The coup demonstrated that the military retained the capacity to veto...
