General Liberation and Development Party

General Liberation and Development Party Algemene Bevrijdings- en Ontwikkelingspartij
Leader	Ronnie Brunswijk
Founded	11 February 1990
Split from	BEP
Ideology	Social democracy Progressivism Maroon interests
Political position	Centre-left
National Assembly	9 / 51
Website
http://abop.sr/
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The General Liberation and Development Party (Template:Lang-nl, ABOP) is a political party in Suriname, founded and chaired by ex-rebel leader Ronnie Brunswijk in 1990 after several members of the BEP were expelled. The former Vice President of Suriname, Robert Ameerali, 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, especially in interior areas of the country.

In 2020, General Liberation and Development Party formed a coalition government with new president Chan Santokhi's Progressive Reform Party. Leader Ronnie Brunswijk became new Vice President of Suriname.

Electoral results

Election	No. of overall seats won	Votes	+/–	Districts won	Government
1996	0 / 51	2,360			Extra-parliamentary
2000	0 / 51	3,160			Extra-parliamentary
2005	1 / 51		1	Marowijne: 1 (of 3)	Coalition
2010	3 / 51		2	Marowijne: 2 (of 3) Sipaliwini: 1 (of 4)	Coalition
2015	5 / 51		2	Paramaribo: 1 (of 17) Marowijne: 2 (of 3) Sipaliwini: 1 (of 4) Brokopondo: 1 (of 3)	Opposition
2020	9 / 51	24,956	4	Paramaribo: 2 (of 17) Marowijne: 2 (of 3) Sipaliwini: 2 (of 4) Para: 1 (of 3) Brokopondo: 1 (of 3)	Coalition

External links

• ABOP: Algemene Bevrijdings- en Ontwikkelings Partij NOS, 26 March 2010 (in Dutch)
• Official website