Suriname’s parliament backed Jennifer Simons as the South American country’s first woman president on Sunday, setting the ...

Suriname will have a female president for the first time. The country's parliament, which chooses the president, elected Dr.

Jennifer Geerlings-Simons to lead the impoverished Latin American country through crisis before oil wealth arrives.

Suriname has elected Jennifer Geerlings-Simons as its first female president, with parliament backing the 71-year-old ...

Jennifer Geerlings-Simons has been elected as Suriname’s first woman President on Sunday, after her parties' victory in the ...

Simons, a 71-year-old physician and congresswoman, has been elected as Suriname's first female president by the country's ...

Lawmakers elected Jennifer Geerlings-Simons as Suriname's first woman president on Sunday, after her party won the most seats in legislative elections in May. The 71-year-old former opposition ...

Suriname's parliament has elected its first female president, voting doctor and former parliamentary speaker Jennifer Simons ...

Dr. Jennifer Geerlings-Simons, center, greets people in Paramaribo, Suriname, Sunday, July 6, 2025, after parliament appointed her as the country's first female president. (AP Photo/Bentik Paulus ...

Suriname's parliament backed Jennifer Simons as the South American country's first woman president on Sunday, setting the ...

Suriname's President Jennifer Geerlings-Simons, center, greets people in Paramaribo, Suriname, Sunday, July 6, 2025. Jennifer Geerlings-Simons becomes Suriname's first woman president.

Simons, who leads the party founded by ex-president Bouterse, is set to helm the South American country on the cusp of a ...