Dési Bouterse

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Person.png Dési Bouterse  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician, drug smuggler)
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Born13 October 1945
NationalitySurinamese
Surinamese military officer, politician, convicted murderer and drug trafficker. Leader of military junta 1980-87, President of Suriname 2010-2020

Employment.png President of Suriname

In office
12 August 2010 - 16 July 2020

Employment.png Chairman of the Surinamese National Military Council

In office
25 February 1980 - 27 November 1987

Desiré Delano "Dési" Bouterse is a Surinamese military officer, politician, and convicted murderer and drug trafficker[1] who was President of Suriname from 2010 to 2020. From 1980 to 1987, he was Suriname's de facto leader after conducting a military coup and establishing a period of military rule. In 1987, Bouterse founded the National Democratic Party (NDP). On 25 May 2010, Bouterse's political alliance, the Megacombinatie ("Mega combination"), which included the NDP, won the parliamentary elections, and on 19 July 2010, Bouterse was elected as President of Suriname with 36 of 50 parliament votes.[2] He was inaugurated on 12 August 2010.[3]

Activities

The CIA tried to topple him in the 1980s[4]

On 16 July 1999, Bouterse was sentenced in absentia in the Netherlands to 11 years' imprisonment after being convicted of trafficking 474 kg (1,045 lb) ofcocaine.[5]


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