In memory of

Dési Bouterse

13 October 1945 — 23 December 2024

Domburg · Surinam

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Desiré "Desi" Delano Bouterse was a Surinamese military officer, politician, and convicted drug trafficker, who served as the eighth president of Suriname from 2010 to 2020, having previously led the country twice after a coup as a military dictator from 1980 to 1987 and again from 1990 to 1991. He was the founding president of the National Democratic Party (NDP) from 1987 to 2024.

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