President of Suriname

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The President of Suriname is the head of state and government of Suriname, serving as the country’s chief executive and highest political authority.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
President of Suriname canonical 5
Presidents of Suriname 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state ⓘ
political office ⓘ
alternativeSelectionMechanism elected by the United People’s Assembly if National Assembly fails to elect ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Suriname ⓘ
appointedBy National Assembly of Suriname ⓘ
category Presidents of Suriname ⓘ
coatOfArms Coat of arms of Suriname ⓘ
constitutingInstrument Constitution of Suriname ⓘ
country Suriname ⓘ
countryCallingCodeContext +597 ⓘ
electionMethod indirect election ⓘ
eligibleForElectionBy National Assembly of Suriname ⓘ
firstHolder Johan Ferrier ⓘ
flag Flag of Suriname ⓘ
formationDate 1975-11-25 ⓘ
governmentBranch executive branch of Suriname ⓘ
hasPart Council of Ministers of Suriname ⓘ
inception 1975 ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of Suriname ⓘ
linked to: Suriname
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Paramaribo District ⓘ
linked to: Paramaribo
nominatedBy National Assembly of Suriname ⓘ
officeCreatedAlongWith independence of Suriname from the Netherlands ⓘ
officeHolder Chan Santokhi ⓘ
officeHolderStartTime 2020-07-16 ⓘ
officeType executive presidency ⓘ
officialLanguageOfOffice Dutch ⓘ
officialWebsite https://www.gov.sr/ (Government of Suriname portal) ⓘ
power appoints and dismisses ministers ⓘ
appoints the Vice President of Suriname ⓘ
can declare a state of emergency under constitutional conditions ⓘ
may propose legislation to the National Assembly ⓘ
promulgates laws passed by the National Assembly ⓘ
predecessorOffice Governor of Suriname ⓘ
residence Presidential Palace of Suriname ⓘ
role chief executive of Suriname ⓘ
commander-in-chief of the Surinamese Armed Forces ⓘ
highest political authority in Suriname ⓘ
represents Suriname in foreign relations ⓘ
seat Paramaribo ⓘ
style His Excellency ⓘ
successorSelection elected by a two-thirds majority of the National Assembly ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
termRenewable true ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Presidential Palace of Suriname → occupant → President of Suriname ⓘ
Government of Suriname → headOfGovernment → President of Suriname ⓘ
Government of Suriname → appointedBy → President of Suriname ⓘ
President of Suriname → category → Presidents of Suriname ⓘ
linked to: President of Suriname
Great Seal of Suriname → usedBy → President of Suriname ⓘ
subject linked to: great seal of Suriname