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Desi Bouterse
Desi Bouterse was a Surinamese soldier and politician who seized power in a coup in February 1980 and ruled as military strongman through the 1980s. His regime carried out the December murders of 1982, in which fifteen opponents were killed, and fought the Jungle Commando in the interior war of 1986–1992. Elected president in 2010, he served until 2020 and was later convicted for the 1982 murders.
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