Henck Alphonsus Eugène Arron (25 April 1936 Paramaribo – 4 December 2000 Alphen aan den Rijn) was the Prime Minister of Suriname from 24 December 1973 to 25 February 1980, when he was overthrown in a coup d'état by Dési Bouterse.
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The first President of the country was Johan Ferrier, with Henck Arron (leader of the Surinam National Party) as Prime Minister.
There is the bauxite mine in the Bakhuis mountain range with the corresponding (never used and in the meantime declining) railway line to Apoera and during the reign of president Henck Arron (1975-1980), there were plans, part of the West Suriname Plan, to build a dam in Kabalebo for power generation for the benefit of the mining activities.