He graduated from the Royal Military School and served at several Dutch army bases in the Netherlands and Germany. Mr. Bouterse returned to Suriname two weeks before it became an independent ...

The murders are remembered as the "December Murders" and caused the Netherlands to cease all support of Suriname. Bouterse was born on Oct. 13, 1945, quit high school and joined the Dutch Army.

He graduated from the Royal Military School and served at several Dutch army bases in the Netherlands and Germany. Bouterse returned to Suriname two weeks before it became an independent republic ...

Born to a poor family in Suriname’s sugar belt on Oct. 13, 1945, he dropped out of high school and enlisted in the Dutch Army. Mr. Bouterse seized power in a military coup in 1980 — five years ...

Thousands of people lined the streets of Suriname's capital Saturday for the funeral procession of Desi Bouterse, who led the country both as a coup leader and elected president before dying as a ...

Civilian rule was restored the following year. Bouterse officially left Suriname's army in 1993 and became what he described as a full-time politician and businessman.In 1999, a Dutch court ...

Bouterse first came to power as a young army sergeant major after a coup in 1980, five years after Suriname gained independence following three centuries of Dutch occupation and rule. He ruled for ...

Desi Bouterse, the former dictator of Suriname who was a fugitive from justice ... after a 1980 coup as a young sergeant major in the army. He stepped down in 1987 under international pressure ...

Desi Bouterse, a Dictator Convicted of Murder Who Twice Ruled Suriname, Has Died at 79 PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) — Desi Bouterse, a military strongman who led a 1980 coup in the former Dutch ...

PARAMARIBO, Suriname — Desi Bouterse, a military strongman who led a 1980 coup in the former Dutch colony of Suriname then returned to power by election three decades later despite charges of ...