Wim Udenhout
Wim Udenhout | |
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Prime Minister of Suriname | |
In office 3 February 1984 – 17 July 1986 | |
President | Fred Ramdat Misier |
Deputy | Frank Leeflang |
Preceded by | Errol Alibux |
Succeeded by | Pretaap Radhakishun |
Personal details | |
Born | Willem Alfred Udenhout (1937-09-29)29 September 1937 Coronie District, Colony of Suriname |
Died | 22 May 2023(2023-05-22) (aged 85) Paramaribo, Suriname |
Political party | Independent |
Alma mater | Leiden University |
Willem Alfred Udenhout (29 September 1937 – 22 May 2023) was a Surinamese politician. He served as the military-installed Prime Minister of Suriname from February 1984 to July 1986.[1] He had previously been a teacher and, for a time, a Black Power activist.[2] As an academic he had a PhD in English literature from Leiden University.[3] He later served as an ambassador to the United States. He did not favor investigating the military's murder of civilians or of Maroon people.[4] He was also the Chairman of the Suriname Conservation Foundation.[5]
Udenhout died on 22 May 2023, at the age of 85.[6]
References
- ^ Janssen, Roger (2011). In Search of a Path: An Analysis of the Foreign Policy of Suriname from 1975 to 1991. Leiden: Brill. p. 99. ISBN 978-90-04-25367-4. JSTOR 10.1163/j.ctt1w8h0wm.
- ^ Betty Nelly Sedoc-Dahlberg (1 January 1990). The Dutch Caribbean: Prospects for Democracy. Psychology Press. pp. 47–. ISBN 978-2-88124-385-1.
- ^ Robert W. Duemling (2012). Sketches from Life. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 96–. ISBN 978-1-4422-2013-3.
- ^ Richard Price; Sally Price (1994). On the Mall: Presenting Maroon Tradition-bearers at the 1992 FAF. Indiana University Press. pp. 50–. ISBN 1-879407-07-8.
- ^ UNDP Guyana
- ^ Wim Udenhout, former Suriname prime minister, dies at 85
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Preceded by Errol Alibux | Prime Minister of Suriname 1984–1986 | Succeeded by Pretaap Radhakishun |
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Suriname 1984–1985 | Succeeded by Erik Tjon Kie Sim [nl] |
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