Jules Sedney (28 September 1922 – 18 June 2020) was a Surinamese politician, and Prime Minister of Suriname from 20 November 1969 to 24 December 1973.

In 1980, he became governor of the Central Bank of Suriname,[1] but had to flee the country in 1983[2] after a dispute with Dési Bouterse.

During his studies, he joined the organisation Wie Eegie Sanie (Our Own Things), founded by Eddy Bruma to promote Sranan Tongo and Surinamese culture.

He led a multi-ethnic government that he believed to have the checks and balances necessary to grow the Surinamese economy.

[10] However, Sedney later became a vocal critic of the same commission, arguing that the Dutch PvdA was acting in undue haste.

[2] Sedney's citizenship was revoked on 21 July 1983 after he testified in a Dutch court against Henk Herrenberg, the Surinamese ambassador to the Netherlands.

[3] In 1997, he published De toekomst van ons verleden (The Future of Our Past), a political history of Suriname from 1948 onward.