Suriname

21st century

18 entries, 2016 CE to 2025 CE

• 20165-21 August – Suriname at the 2016 Summer Olympics: six competitors in four sportsSurinamesource
• 201613 November – Aloysius Ferdinandus Zichem, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1933).Surinamesource
• 201819 December – James Ramlall, or Bhai, poet (b. 1935).Surinamesource
• 201911 November – Winston Lackin, politician (b. 1954).Surinamesource
• 202016 July – Chan Santokhi takes over as president.Surinamesource
• 202025 May – 2020 Surinamese general electionSurinamesource
• 202018 June – Jules Sedney, economist and politician (b. 1922).Surinamesource
• 202121 March – Shahied Wagid Hosain, singer (born c.1961).Surinamesource
• 202211 June – Hein Eersel, 100, academic administrator, chancellor of the University of Suriname (1968–1988)Surinamesource
• 202320 December: Dési Bouterse, former president of Suriname, is sentenced to 20 years in prison for the December murders of 1982.Surinamesource
• 202320 November: Ten people are killed during a gold mine collapse in Suriname.Surinamesource
• 20241 July – Ketikoti (Emancipation Day – end of slavery)Surinamesource
• 20242 October – President Chan Santokhi announces a $10 billion project titled GrandMorgu between the French energy firm TotalEnergies, the US-based APA Corporation and the state oil company Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname to extract an estimated 700 million barrels of the coast of Suriname.Surinamesource
• 20249 August – Indigenous People's DaySurinamesource
• 202424 December – Dési Bouterse, chair of the National Military Council (1980–1987) and president (2010–2020).Surinamesource
• 20256 July – The National Assembly elects NDP leader Jennifer Geerlings-Simons as the first female president of Suriname.Surinamesource
• 20259 August – Indigenous People's DaySurinamesource
• 202528 December – Nine people, including five children, are killed in a knife attack in Richelieu, Commewijne District. The suspect is arrested but dies from suicide in police custody the next day.Surinamesource