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suriname**

PArt i 10. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution
30 October 1987
CoUNtrY ProfiLE
11. Language (s)
Dutch (official)
1. Country Name
SURINAME 12. Literacy Levels
95.5 %
2. Official Name
Republic of Suriname PArt ii

3. Government LEgisLAtivE sYstEM
Presidential Republic

4. Head of the Government LEGISLATURE
President – Dési Bouterse
1. Structure of National Legislature
5. Head of the State Unicameral
President – Dési Bouterse
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
6. Capital National Assembly
Paramaribo
3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
7. Currency nominated
Surinamese dollar 51 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat
constituencies by proportional representation vote
8. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) to serve 5-year terms)
Hindustani (also known locally as “East Indians”;
their ancestors emigrated from northern India 4. Popular House
in the latter part of the 19th century) 27.4%, National Assembly
“Maroon” (their African ancestors were brought
to the country in the 17th and 18th centuries as 5. Type of Electoral System
slaves and escaped to the interior) 21.7%, Creole Proportional Representation
(mixed white and black) 15.7%, Javanese 13.7%,
mixed 13.4%, other 7.6%, unspecified 0.6% (2012
est.)

9. Date of Independence and from which Country
28 July 1821 (from Spain)

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