ETIAAN (NF) 80% (645 votes), Jules
WIJDENBOSCH (NDP) 14% (115 votes), Hans PRADE (DA '91) 6% (49 votes)
cabinet: Cabinet of Ministers was appointed by the president from
among the members of the National Assembly
note: Commander in Chief of the National Army maintains significant
power

Legislative branch: unicameral
National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale): elections last held 25 May
1991 (next to be held NA May 1996); results - percent of vote by
party NA; seats - (51 total) NF 30, NDP 10, DA '91 9, independents 2

Judicial branch: Supreme Court, justices nominated for life

Political parties and leaders: The New Front (NF), a coalition of
four parties (NPS, VHP, KTPI, SPA), leader Ronald R. VENETIAAN;
Progressive Reform Party (VHP), Jaggernath LACHMON; National Party
of Suriname (NPS), Ronald VENETIAAN; Party of National Unity and
Solidarity (KTPI), Willy SOEMITA; Suriname Labor Party (SPA), Fred
DERBY; Democratic Alternative '91 (DA '91), a coalition of two
parties (AF, and BEP) formed in January 1991, Winston JESSURUN;
Alternative Forum (AF), Gerard BRUNINGS; Party for Brotherhood and
Unity in Politics (BEP), Caprino ALLENDY; Pendawa Lima, Marsha
JAMIN; National Democratic Party (NDP), Desire BOUTERSE; Progressive
Workers' and Farm Laborers' Union (PALU), Ir Iwan KROLIS; The
Alliance, a combination of three parties (DP, HPP, PVF), Ernie
BRUNINGS; Democratic Party (DP), Ernie BRUNINGS; Reformed
Progressive Party (HPP), Harry KISOENSINGH; Party of the Federation
of Land Workers PVF), Jwan SITAL

Other political or pressure groups: Surinamese Liberation Army
(SLA), Ronnie BRUNSWIJK, Johan "Castro" WALLY; Union for Liberation
and Democracy, Kofi AFONGPONG; Mandela Bushnegro Liberation
Movement, Leendert ADAMS; Tucayana Amazonica, Alex JUBITANA, Thomas
SABAJO

International organization participation: ACP, Caricom, ECLAC,
FAO, G-77, IADB, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IFAD, IFRCS, ILO, IMF,
IMO, Intelsat (nonsignatory user), Interpol, IOC, ITU, LAES, NAM,
OAS, OPANAL, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIH, UPU, WCL, WHO,
WIPO, WMO, WTrO

Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Willem A. UDENHOUT
chancery: Suite 108, 4301 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 244-7488, 7490 through 7492
FAX: [1] (202) 244-5878
consulate(s) general: Miami

US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: Ambassado