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Jennifer Geerlings-Simons

President of Suriname, 2025 to present

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A physician and longtime legislator who took over the National Democratic Party after Dési Bouterse’s death and became Suriname’s first woman president in 2025.

Jennifer Geerlings-Simons sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly state-led and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are leaning authoritarian on liberty and authority, leaning traditional on culture and leaning nationalist on nation. The profile is close to the middle on war and peace and interventionism.

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Where Jennifer Geerlings-Simons sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomySlightly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceCentered on war and peace
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Jennifer Geerlings-Simons

CommunitarianismStresses community bonds, shared values and civic duty over pure individualism.99%CorporatismOrganizes society into industry and professional bodies that bargain with the state, an…98%One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…98%Pan-AfricanismSeeks solidarity and unity among African peoples and states.97%

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