List of ministers of Justice and Police (Suriname)

This is a list of ministers of Justice and Police of the Republic of Suriname. Among its responsibilities, the ministry enforces human rights, provides social legal assistance, oversees policies regarding detainees, and maintains public order and peace in the country.^[1]

List of ministers

Minister Title	Minister	Period	Cabinet
Justice and Police	Julius Caesar de Miranda	1948 - 1949	May (CAB)
Justice		1949 - 1951	De Miranda
Justice and Police	Adriaan C.J.M. Alberga	1951 - 1952	Drielsma / Buiskool
	Emile M.L. Ensberg	1952 - 1955	Alberga / Currie
Justice and Police	M. Ashruf Karamat Ali	1955 - 1956	Ferrier
	Willem G.H.C.J. Smit*	1956 - 1957
	Rudolf W.A. Thurkow	1957
	Anton Favery*	1957 - 1958
	Hemradj Shriemisier	1958 - 1962	Emanuels
	Freek Emanuels*	1962 - 1963
	Sewraam Rambaran Mishre	1963 - 1964	Pengel-1
	Jnan H. Adhin	1964 - 1967
	Fred Manichand	1967 - 1968	Pengel-2
	Jagdieschandre Jadnanansing	1968 - 1969
	Ramsewak Shankar	1969	May
	Jnan H. Adhin	1969 - 1973	Sedney
	Eddy A. Hoost	1973 - 1977	Arron-1
Justice	Soerdj Badrising	1977 - 1980	Arron-2
Justice / Army and Police	René Reeder / Michel van Rey	1980	Chin A Sen
	André Haakmat	1980 - 1981
	Harvey H. Naarendorp	1981
	Harvey H. Naarendorp / Laurens E. Neede	1981 - 1982
	Frank J. Leeflang / Ivan Graanoogst	1982	Neijhorst
	Frank J. Leeflang / Wilfred Maynard	1983 - 1984	Alibux
		1984 - 1985	Udenhout
	Subhas Punwasi / Wilfred Maynard	1985 - 1986
	Jules A. Wijdenbosch / Wilfred Maynard	1986 - 1987	Radhakishun
	Siegfried A. Gilds / Wilfred Maynard	1987 - 1988	Wijdenbosch-1
Justice and Police	Jules Ajodhia	1988 - 1990	Shankar
Justice	Paul R. Sjak Shie	1991	Kraag
Justice and Police	Soeshiel K. Girjasing	1991 - 1996	Venetiaan-1
	Paul R. Sjak Shie	1996 - 1999	Wijdenbosch-2
	Yvonne Raveles-Resida [1st female]	1999 - 2000
	Siegfried A. Gilds	2000 - 2005	Venetiaan-2
	Chan Santokhi	2005 - 2010	Venetiaan-3
	Lamuré C.A. Latour*	2010	Bouterse-1
	Martin Misiedjan	2010 - 2012
	Edward Belfort	2012 - 2015
	Jennifer van Dijk-Silos	2015 - maart 2017	Bouterse-2
	Ferdinand Welzijn*	2017
	Eugene van der San	2017
	Ferdinand Welzijn*	2017 - 2018
	Stuart Getrouw	2018 - 2020
	Kenneth Amoksi	2020 - present[2]	Santokhi

See also

• Justice ministry
• Politics of Suriname