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🇸🇷 Suriname
Assembly-elected presidential republic
SystemAssembly-elected presidential republic
Head of statePresident Jennifer Geerlings-Simons (head of state and government, elected by the National Assembly in 2025)
LegislatureNational Assembly · 51 seats, which elects the president by two-thirds vote
ElectionsFree and competitive multiparty elections with regular alternation of power
Last election2025-05-25 · general election
Next election2030-05 · general election due
Jennifer Geerlings-Simons became Suriname's first woman president in July 2025 after coalition talks that followed a closely fought election. The country, the only Dutch-speaking state in South America, is preparing for a major offshore oil boom expected to transform its indebted economy by 2028. Managing that windfall, and relations with Chinese and Western investors, dominates politics.
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