The General Liberation and Development Party ( nl, Algemene Bevrijdings- en Ontwikkelingspartij, ABOP) is a

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in Suriname, founded and chaired by ex-rebel leader

Ronnie Brunswijk Ronnie Brunswijk (; born 7 March 1961) is a Surinamese politician, businessman, footballer, convicted drug trafficker, former rebel leader, and the current Vice President of Suriname. Brunswijk served in the early 1980s as the personal bodyguard ...

in 1990 after several members of the

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were expelled. The former

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Robert Ameerali Robert Ameerali (born 16 August 1961) is a Surinamese politician who was the Vice President of Suriname from 2010 to 2015. Previously he was the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce (''Kamer van Koophandel en Fabrieken''). He was nominated by the ...

, is a member of the ABOP. As a consequence of having originally split from the BEP, ABOP is similarly more popular among the country's Maroon community, especially in interior areas of the country. In 2020, General Liberation and Development Party formed a coalition government with new president Chan Santokhi's Progressive Reform Party. Leader

became new Vice President of Suriname.

Electoral results

References

External links

ABOP: Algemene Bevrijdings- en Ontwikkelings Partij
NOS, 26 March 2010
Official website
Political parties in Suriname Political parties of minorities Surinamese Maroons {{Suriname-party-stub