The General Liberation and Development Party ( nl, Algemene Bevrijdings- en Ontwikkelingspartij, ABOP) is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...

, founded and chaired by ex-rebel leader

Ronnie Brunswijk Ronnie Brunswijk (; born 7 March 1961) is a Surinamese politician, businessman, footballer, convicted drug trafficker, former rebel leader, and the current Vice President of Suriname. Brunswijk served in the early 1980s as the personal bodyguard ...

in 1990 after several members of the BEP were expelled. The former

Vice President of Suriname The vice president of Suriname ( nl, Vicepresident van de Republiek Suriname) is the second-highest political position in Suriname, after the president. The president and the vice president are elected by the National Assembly for five-year term ...

Robert Ameerali Robert Ameerali (born 16 August 1961) is a Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South Amer ...

, is a member of the ABOP. As a consequence of having originally split from the BEP, ABOP is similarly more popular among the country's

Maroon community Maroons are descendants of Africans in the Americas who escaped from slavery and formed their own settlements. They often mixed with indigenous peoples, eventually evolving into separate creole cultures such as the Garifuna and the Mascogos. ...

, especially in interior areas of the country. In 2020, General Liberation and Development Party formed a coalition government with new president

Chan Santokhi Chandrikapersad "Chan" Santokhi (Sarnami: चान संतोखी; ; born 3 February 1959) is a Surinamese politician and former police officer who is the 9th president of Suriname, since 2020. After winning the 2020 elections, Santokhi w ...

's Progressive Reform Party. Leader

became new Vice President of Suriname.

Electoral results

References

External links

ABOP: Algemene Bevrijdings- en Ontwikkelings Partij
NOS, 26 March 2010
Official website
Political parties in Suriname Political parties of minorities Surinamese Maroons {{Suriname-party-stub