Johan Adolf "Jopie" Pengel (20 January 1916 – 5 June 1970) was a Surinamese politician, and Prime Minister of Suriname from June 1963 to 5 March 1969 for the NPS.He started as leader of the Suriname trade union workers and then in the National Party of Suriname he became one of the most influential politicians in Suriname at that timeIn 1955 the National Party of Suriname (NPS),led by Johan Adolf Pengel and the United Hindu Party (VHP),led by Jaggernath Lachmon, fashioned a coalition which successfully took power in 1958 and held it until 1967He performed a fraternization policy with Lachmon, the president of the VHP, the largest Hindu party, easing to both the groups to understand each other.Under Pengel's government, the Surinamese infrastructure was strongly developed.