Suriname
Suriname, 1954–1975. Draft, not yet reviewed
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. In 1954 and during the 1950s, the Dutch government strongly opposed the idea of full independence for its former colony. The country became fully independent as the Republic of Suriname on 25 November 1975.
Seat of power: Paramaribo
Rulers
Henry Lucien de Vries
Governor of Suriname, 1965–1968
De Vries was Governor of Suriname from 1965 to 1968. Raymond Pos was initially nominated as Governor of Suriname, however he died on 5 November 1964.
Portrait of Henry Lucien de Vries: Eric Koch for Anefo, CC0, file
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Culture
- In the 1960s virtually all parties in the Dutch parliament began to support the idea of full independence for Suriname as soon as possible.
- The population of Paramaribo has always been very diverse. Among the first British settlers were many Jews and one of the oldest synagogues in the Americas, the Neveh Shalom Synagogue, is found in Paramaribo.
Picture
Paramaribo is the capital and largest city of Suriname, and its historic inner city has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2002.
Image: LLs, CC BY-SA 4.0, file
Sources
Text adapted from the Wikipedia articles listed as sources, CC BY-SA 4.0.