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Brotherhood And Unity In Politics
Brotherhood and Unity in Politics ( nl, Broederschap en Eenheid in de Politiek) is a political party in Suriname founded on 29 April 1973. History It was originally founded as the Bush Negro Unity Party ( nl, Bosnegers Eenheid Partij) to represent the Maroon community in interior areas of the country and was renamed in 1987. It turned its focus away from the promotion of a specific ethnicity's interests, although it still enjoys popularity among the Maroon community. The party did not participate in the elections of 1987, because the Surinamese Interior War made it difficult to access their members in the interior. At the 2005 legislative election, the party was part of the "A-Combination", an alliance that won 7.5% of the popular vote and five out of 51 seats in the National Assembly. In 2012, there was an internal struggle within the party. The party was part of the A-Combination, a union of all Maroon parties, but wanted to leave the alliance, however deputies Diana Pokie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caprino Alendy
Caprino Alendy (24 October 1952 – 6 November 2020) was a Surinamese politician and chairperson of Brotherhood and Unity in Politics (BEP) from 1987 until 2012. Alendy was vice chairperson of the National Assembly between 2005 and 2010. Biography Alendy was born on 24 October 1952 in Benanoe, Sipaliwini. He was a teacher by profession and was the president of the Mulo (junior high school) in Latour, Paramaribo. In 1977, Alendy joined the Brotherhood and Unity in Politics, and was elected chairperson in 1987. That year, the party did not participate in the elections, because the Surinamese Interior War made it difficult to access their members in the interior. In 1991, BEP participated in the elections as part of the Democratic Alternative '91, and Alendy was elected to the National Assembly. In 2005, he was elected vice chairperson of the National Assembly, and served until 2010. In 2012, there was an internal struggle within the party. It was part of the A-Combination, a u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Surinamese General Election
General elections were held in Suriname on 25 May 2005. The governing New Front for Democracy and Development of president Ronald Venetiaan lost seats, remaining the largest party but failing to get a majority in the National Assembly of Suriname. Despite this Venetiaan was re-elected as president after obtaining sufficient support to win a majority in the election for president. Background Suriname became independent from the Netherlands in 1975 and in 1980 a coup brought the military to power. By 1982 Desi Bouterse had become head of state and remained in effective control of Suriname until international pressure led to a return to democracy in 1991. The 1991 elections saw the opposition New Front for Democracy and Development win the election and Ronald Venetiaan became president for the first time. In the 1996 elections Venetiaan and the New Front were defeated by National Democratic Party (NDP) led by a former aide to Bouterse, Jules Wijdenbosch. However soaring inflatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brokopondo District
Brokopondo is a district of Suriname. Its capital city is Brokopondo; other towns include Brownsweg and Kwakoegron. The district has a population of 15,909, and an area of 7,364 square kilometres. History The Brokopondo district was established in 1958 out of the former Suriname District. The establishment of the district was related to the 1958 Brokopondo Agreement between the Government of Suriname and Alcoa for the creation of the Brokopondo Reservoir. The Brokopondo Reservoir is a large reservoir near Afobaka which was built between 1961 and 1964, and produces hydroelectric power that provides approximately half of the domestic electrical need. The plan was very controversial, and involved transmigrating many villages that were located in the area and flooded after the construction of the Afobaka Dam. The transmigration concerned 5,000 people which were almost exclusively Maroons. In 1960, the Afobakaweg was constructed to link the reservoir with Paramaribo and the rest o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Surinamese General Election ...
General elections were held in Suriname on 25 May 2000.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p614 The result was a victory for the New Front for Democracy and Development, which won 33 of the 51 seats. Voter turnout was 72%.Nohlen, p615 Results References {{Surinamese elections Suriname Elections in Suriname 2000 in Suriname Election An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Surinamese General Election
General elections were held in Suriname on 23 May 1996.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p614 The result was a victory for the New Front for Democracy and Development (an alliance of the National Party of Suriname, the Progressive Reform Party, the Party for National Unity and Solidarity and the Surinamese Labour Party), which won 24 of the 51 seats. Voter turnout was 66.7%.Nohlen, p615 Results References {{Surinamese elections Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ... Elections in Suriname 1996 in Suriname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Alternative '91
The Democratic Alternative '91 ( nl, Democratisch Alternatief '91, DA'91) is a Liberalism, liberal political party in Suriname. History The DA '91 was founded in 1991 when it split off from the National Party of Suriname. The party was founded shortly before the 1991 Surinamese general election, 1991 general election. The intention had been to establish the party in 1991 but the "1990 Surinamese coup d'état, Telephone Coup" that removed President Ramsewak Shankar from office interfered with the planning. Winston Jessurun was one of the founders, together with Gerard Brunings. Brunings has stated that when establishing the party they asked the Dutch embassy for programs of Dutch political parties and that of Democrats 66 appealed most to them. With the most significant change being changing Netherlands for Suriname. In the 1991 elections, the party obtained 9 seats. At the 1996 Surinamese general election, 1996 elections the number of seats dropped to four. It further dropped to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Surinamese General Election
General elections were held in Suriname on 25 May 1991. Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p614 The result was a victory for the New Front for Democracy and Development (an alliance of the National Party of Suriname, the Progressive Reform Party, the Party for National Unity and Solidarity The Party for National Unity and Solidarity ( jv, Kerukunan Tulodo Pranatan Inggil, KTPI) is a political party in Suriname historically supported by Javanese Surinamese. History The party was founded by Iding Soemita on 28 November 1949. He ... and the Surinamese Labour Party), which won 30 of the 51 seats. Voter turnout was 69.3% Results Notes References {{Surinamese elections Suriname Elections in Suriname 1991 in Suriname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Surinamese General Election
General elections were held in Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands), Suriname on 19 November 1973.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p614 The result was a victory for the National Party Combination (an alliance of the National Party of Suriname, the Nationalist Republican Party (Suriname), Nationalist Republican Party, the Party for National Unity and Solidarity and the Suriname Progressive People's Party),Nohlen, p620 which won 22 of the 39 seats. Results References {{Surinamese elections 1973 elections in South America, Suriname Elections in Suriname 1973 in Suriname November 1973 events in South America, Suriname Election and referendum articles with incomplete results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Suriname
Suriname is divided into 10 districts ( nl, districten). Overview History The country was first divided up into subdivisions by the Netherlands, Dutch on October 8, 1834, when a Royal Decree declared that there were to be 8 divisions and 2 districts: *Upper Suriname and Torarica *Para *Upper Commewijne *Upper Cottica and Perica *Lower Commewijne *Lower Cottica *Matapica *Saramacca *Coronie (district) *Nickerie (district) The divisions were areas near the capital city, Paramaribo, and the districts were areas further away from the city. In 1927, Suriname's districts were revised, and the country was divided into 7 districts. In 1943, 1948, 1949, 1952 and 1959 further small modifications were made. On October 28, 1966, the districts were redrawn again, into *Nickerie *Coronie *Saramacca *Brokopondo *Para *Suriname *Paramaribo *Commewijne *Marowijne These divisions remained until 1980, when yet again, the borders of the districts were redrawn, however, with the following requir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saramacca District
Saramacca is a district of Suriname, in the north. Saramacca's capital city is Groningen, with other towns and cities including Batavia, Kampong Baroe, Uitkijk, Maho and Boskamp. Saramacca has a population of 17,480 and an area of 3,636 km2. Saramaka is also the name of a group of Maroons who established communities along the Saramacca River having fled slavery. History The district was founded in 1983, but the history dates back to 1790 when the first plantation was opened. Until 1936, Saramacca could only be access by boat, but with the construction of a road to Paramaribo, which is now part of the East-West Link, Saramacca was removed for its isolation. In 1982, oil was discovered in Sarammacca which boosted its economy. On 13 December 2014, Staatsolie opened an oil refinery. Agriculture The district has traditionally been the site of dozens of small, family owned farming communities, and it has only been recently that large agricultural projects have begun to emerge, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coronie District
Coronie is a district of Suriname, situated on the coast. Coronie's capital city is Totness. The district border the Atlantic Ocean to the north, the Surinamese district of Saramacca to the east, the Surinamese district of Sipaliwini to the south and the Surinamese district of Nickerie to the west. The district is served by the Totness Airstrip. The district has a population of 3,391 and an area of 3,902 km2, and is the district with the smallest population. History The first plantations were established from 1808 onwards by English and Scottish colonists. Coronie became an independent district in 1851. The oldest plantation in the district is Burnside. Coronie was isolated and it was not until the 1940s, that a road was built linking Totness with Paramaribo, which is nowadays part of the East-West Link. In September 1965, four sounding rockets of Apache type with a maximum altitude of 205 km were launched. The rockets were launched as part as an investigation in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
