section_path: Background
section_name: Background
paragraph_text: Background
  
  The date was announced by president Chan Santokhi in his annual speech at the National Assembly on 1 October 2024. After his resignation in mid-October 2024 as minister of Internal Affairs, Bronto Somohardjo was succeeded one and a half months later by Delano Landvreugd as minister and Maurits Hassankhan as deputy minister. Hassankhan was responsible for organizing the 2025 elections.