{{Short description|Surinamese politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Marinus Bee | image = Marinus Bee november 2025.png | alt = Photograph of Marinus Bee | caption = Bee in 2025 | office = Minister of the Interior | term_start = 16 July 2025 | term_end = | predecessor = Delano Landvreugd | successor = | office1 = Chair of the National Assembly | term_start1 = 14 July 2020 | term_end1 = 27 June 2025 | predecessor1 = Ronnie Brunswijk | successor1 = Ashwin Adhin | office2 = Member of the National Assembly | term_start2 = 2010 | term_end2 = | constituency2 = Marowijne District | birth_name = Marinus Bee | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|07|03|df=y}} | birth_place = Moengo, Suriname | death_date = | death_place = | party = General Liberation and Development Party | education = Anton de Kom University of Suriname (LLB) }} '''Marinus Bee''' (born 3 July 1971) is a Surinamese politician who is the Minister of the Interior of Suriname since 2025. He has served in the National Assembly from the Marowijne District as a member of the General Liberation and Development Party since 2010, and was Chair of the assembly from 2020 to 2025. He has been the chair of the association football club S.V. Papatam since 2014.
==Early life and education== Marinus Bee was born in Moengo, Suriname,{{sfn|Marinus Bee draagt voortaan MBA-titel|2020}} on 3 July 1971.{{sfn|Inter-Parliamentary Union}} He is descended from Maroons.{{sfn|Marinus Bee: "Niets komt voor zijn tijd, strijd leveren is essentieel"|2025}} His grandfather had 30 children and his grandmother lived in French Guiana.{{sfn|Agodeba|2017}} Bee was the eldest of four children and grew up in Paramaribo. He graduated from Anton de Kom University of Suriname with a Bachelor of Laws degree. In 2020, he graduated with a Master of Science in business administration.{{sfn|Marinus Bee draagt voortaan MBA-titel|2020}}
==Career== ===Sports=== Bee was chair of the Albina Sports Association for ten years.{{sfn|Marinus Bee draagt voortaan MBA-titel|2020}} In 2014, he became the chair of S.V. Papatam.{{sfn|Bee nieuwe voorzitter Papatam|2014}}
===Politics=== Ronnie Brunswijk convinced Bee to join the General Liberation and Development Party (ABOP) in 1999, and became coordinator of the party in Marowijne.{{sfn|Marinus Bee draagt voortaan MBA-titel|2020}}{{sfn|Agodeba|2017}} He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2000 election.{{sfn|Agodeba|2017}} In the 2010 election he was elected to the National Assembly.{{sfn|Marinus Bee draagt voortaan MBA-titel|2020}}
Brunswijk, chair of the National Assembly, was elected Vice President of Suriname and Bee was elected to succeed him as chair on 15 July 2020.{{sfn|Inter-Parliamentary Union}}{{sfn|Marinus Bee now DNA chairman|2020}} In 2025, he stated that he was interested in stepping down as chair and having Ashwin Adhin succeed him.{{sfn|Marinus Bee: “Ik ben ready om de baton over te dragen”|2025}} Bee was appointed as Minister of the Interior by President Jennifer Geerlings-Simons on 16 July 2025.{{sfn|Ministers en onderministers geïnstalleerd}}
==Political positions== Bee is opposed to the United States embargo against Cuba.{{sfn|González|2024}} He called for the passage of legislation to recognize the collective ownership of land by indigenous peoples.{{sfn|Dikan: “We moeten nu werk van maken om de traditionele rechten te erkennen”|2025}}
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==Works cited== {{refbegin|30em}} ===News=== * {{Cite news |date=20 August 2014 |title=Bee nieuwe voorzitter Papatam |work=Star Nieuws |url=https://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/24746 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250624061242/https://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/24746 |archive-date=24 June 2025 |ref={{harvid|Bee nieuwe voorzitter Papatam|2014}}}} * {{Cite news |date=21 June 2025 |title=Dikan: “We moeten nu werk van maken om de traditionele rechten te erkennen” |work=Suriname Herald |url=https://www.srherald.com/suriname/2025/06/21/dikan-we-moeten-nu-werk-van-maken-om-de-traditionele-rechten-te-erkennen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250624064140/https://www.srherald.com/suriname/2025/06/21/dikan-we-moeten-nu-werk-van-maken-om-de-traditionele-rechten-te-erkennen/ |archive-date=24 June 2025 |ref={{harvid|Dikan: “We moeten nu werk van maken om de traditionele rechten te erkennen”|2025}}}} * {{Cite news |date=7 July 2020 |title=Marinus Bee draagt voortaan MBA-titel |work=Dagblad Suriname |url=https://www.dbsuriname.com/2020/07/07/marinus-bee-draagt-voortaan-mba-titel/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250624060444/https://www.dbsuriname.com/2020/07/07/marinus-bee-draagt-voortaan-mba-titel/ |archive-date=24 June 2025 |ref={{harvid|Marinus Bee draagt voortaan MBA-titel|2020}}}} * {{Cite news |date=9 June 2025 |title=Marinus Bee: “Ik ben ready om de baton over te dragen” |work=Suriname Herald |url=https://www.srherald.com/suriname/2025/06/09/marinus-bee-ik-ben-ready-om-de-baton-over-te-dragen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250624063006/https://www.srherald.com/suriname/2025/06/09/marinus-bee-ik-ben-ready-om-de-baton-over-te-dragen/ |archive-date=24 June 2025 |ref={{harvid|Marinus Bee: “Ik ben ready om de baton over te dragen”|2025}}}} * {{Cite news |date=15 April 2025 |title=Marinus Bee: "Niets komt voor zijn tijd, strijd leveren is essentieel" |work=Dagblad Suriname |url=https://www.dbsuriname.com/2025/04/15/marinus-bee-niets-komt-voor-zijn-tijd-strijd-leveren-is-essentieel/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250624063213/https://www.dbsuriname.com/2025/04/15/marinus-bee-niets-komt-voor-zijn-tijd-strijd-leveren-is-essentieel/ |archive-date=24 June 2025 |ref={{harvid|Marinus Bee: "Niets komt voor zijn tijd, strijd leveren is essentieel"|2025}}}} * {{Cite news |date=14 July 2020 |title=Marinus Bee now DNA chairman |work=Dagblad Suriname |url=https://www.dbsuriname.com/2020/07/14/marinus-bee-nu-dna-voorzitter/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250624062109/https://www.dbsuriname.com/2020/07/14/marinus-bee-nu-dna-voorzitter/ |archive-date=24 June 2025 |ref={{harvid|Marinus Bee now DNA chairman|2020}}}} * {{Cite news |last=Agodeba |first=Aidy |date=12 December 2017 |title=Marinus Bee: ‘Men kan niet komen aan de leiderschapskwaliteiten van Brunswijk’ - Parbode Sneak Peek |work=Parbode |url=http://www.parbode.com/actueel/item/6963-marinus-bee-men-kan-niet-komen-de-leiderschapskwaliteiten-van-brunswijk-komen-parbode-sneak-peek |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608134801/http://www.parbode.com/actueel/item/6963-marinus-bee-men-kan-niet-komen-de-leiderschapskwaliteiten-van-brunswijk-komen-parbode-sneak-peek |archive-date=8 June 2019}} * {{Cite news |last=González |first=Isabel |date=29 May 2024 |title=Presidente de la Asamblea Nacional de Surinam inicia visita oficial a Cuba |work=Radio Rebelde |url=https://www.radiorebelde.cu/presidente-de-la-asamblea-nacional-de-surinam-inicia-visita-oficial-a-cuba-29052024/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250624062829/https://www.radiorebelde.cu/presidente-de-la-asamblea-nacional-de-surinam-inicia-visita-oficial-a-cuba-29052024/ |archive-date=24 June 2025}}
===Web=== * {{Cite web |date=2025 |title=Ministers en onderministers geïnstalleerd |publisher=Suriname |url=https://gov.sr/ministers-en-onderministers-geinstalleerd/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251115214637/https://gov.sr/ministers-en-onderministers-geinstalleerd/ |archive-date=15 November 2025 |access-date=15 November 2025 |ref={{harvid|Ministers en onderministers geïnstalleerd}}}} * {{Cite web |title=Suriname |publisher=Inter-Parliamentary Union |url=https://data.ipu.org/parliament/SR/SR-LC01/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250624060212/https://data.ipu.org/parliament/SR/SR-LC01/ |archive-date=24 June 2025 |access-date=24 June 2025 |ref={{harvid|Inter-Parliamentary Union}}}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bee, Marinus}} Category:Living people Category:1971 births Category:Anton de Kom University of Suriname alumni Category:General Liberation and Development Party politicians Category:Members of the National Assembly (Suriname) Category:Speakers of the National Assembly (Suriname) Category:Surinamese football managers