Marijke Indradebie Djwalapersad (28 December 1951) is a Surinamese politician who served as Chairperson of the National Assembly of Suriname from 1996 until 2000.

Five elected members including Djwalapersad split from the VHP, and formed the Basic Party for Renewal and Democracy (BVD) which would enter into a coalition government with the NDP.

[3][4] During her tenure as chairperson, she cancelled all international trips by Assembly members, because the economic climate did not allow for it.

[8] In 1999, Djwalapersad founded the political party Naya Kadam, but remained chairperson.

[1] Djwalapersad would become the only female chairperson of the Sanatan Dharm Foundation, an organisation for practitioners of the Sanātanī faction of Hinduism.