Henck Alphonsus Eugène Arron (25 April 1936 – 4 December 2000) was a Surinamese politician who served as the first Prime Minister of Suriname after it gained independence in 1975.

[4] In 1973, he created a coalition which included the pro-independence Nationalist Republican Party (PNR), that won that year's general election.

[3] On 24 December 1973, Arron became prime minister, and lead the final negotiation for the independence of Suriname.

[8] The hastily created Suriname National Army had many non-commissioned officers who tried to unionise[5] complaining about corruption,[3] and poor pay.

[3] That year Arron was elected as Vice President of Suriname (and therefore Chairman of the Council of Ministers), serving from 26 January 1988 to 24 December 1990.

[2] In December 2000, Arron was invited by the Royal Tropical Institute[3] to the Netherlands to talk about 25 years of Surinamese independence.