Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Suriname | |||||||||
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| 1954–1975 | |||||||||
| Anthem: God zij met ons Suriname (Dutch) "God be with our Suriname" | |||||||||
| Status | Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands | ||||||||
| Capital | Paramaribo | ||||||||
| Common languages | Dutch (official) 11 other languages 8 native languages | ||||||||
| Government | Unitary parliamentary representative democracy under constitutional monarchy | ||||||||
| Monarch | |||||||||
• 1954–1975 | Juliana | ||||||||
| Governor General | |||||||||
• 1954–1956 | Jan Klaasesz | ||||||||
• 1956–1963 | Jan van Tilburg | ||||||||
• 1963–1964 | Archibald Currie | ||||||||
• 1968–1975 | Johan Ferrier | ||||||||
| Prime Minister | |||||||||
• 1954–1955 | Archibald Currie | ||||||||
• 1955–1958 | Johan Ferrier | ||||||||
• 1958–1963 | Severinus Desiré Emanuels | ||||||||
• 1963–1969 | Johan Adolf Pengel | ||||||||
• 1969–1973 | Jules Sedney | ||||||||
• 1973–1975 | Henck Arron | ||||||||
| Legislature | Estates of Suriname | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Proclamation of Charter | 15 December 1954 | ||||||||
| 25 November 1975 | |||||||||
| Currency |
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| ISO 3166 code | SR | ||||||||
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| History of Suriname |
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| Suriname portal |
Suriname was a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands between 1954 and 1975. The country had full autonomy, except in areas of defence and foreign policy, and participated on a basis of equality with the Netherlands Antilles and the Netherlands itself in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The country became fully independent as the Republic of Suriname on 25 November 1975.