Sources: BBC
Former President of Suriname Dési Bouterse is reported missing by the authorities after failing to turn himself in to prison. 2024-01-12
Former Surinamese president Dési Bouterse is sentenced to 20 years in prison for the 1982 murders of 15 men. 2023-12-20
Citizens of Suriname head to the polls in the country's latest general election. It is the first election after Suriname's president Dési Bouterse was convicted of murder for the December murders in 1982. 2020-05-25
A national court rules President of Suriname Dési Bouterse guilty of murder. The case addresses the execution of 15 government critics in 1982, following the 1980 Sergeants' Coup led by Bouterse. Six other former military officers are also declared guilty. 2019-11-29
Dési Bouterse is sworn in for a second term as President of Suriname. 2015-08-12
Johan Ferrier, first President of Suriname and the world's oldest living former head of state, dies in the Netherlands at the age of 99. 2010-01-4