Buddy Wentworth

James Wilfred "Buddy" Wentworth (17 January 1937 – 4 June 2014) was a Namibian politician. He was a member of the SWAPO fraction of the Constituent Assembly of Namibia and served as Deputy Minister in several education-related portfolios in the first, second and third National Assemblies of Namibia.[1] At the time he retired in 2005 he was one of two longest serving Deputy Ministers of Namibia.[2]

The Honorable

Buddy Wentworth
Deputy Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport
In office
1990 – 21 March 1995
PresidentSam Nujoma
Preceded byposition established
Deputy Minister of Tertiary Education and Vocational Training
In office
21 March 1995 – 2005
PresidentSam Nujoma
Preceded byposition established
Personal details
Born
James Wilfred Wentworth

17 January 1937
Died(2014-06-04)4 June 2014 (aged 77)
Olympia, Windhoek, Namibia
NationalityNamibian
Political partySWAPO
Children10
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionTeacher

Wentworth came to Namibia from South Africa in 1970 and worked as teacher in Rehoboth, and as school principal at Tamariskia Primary School, Swakopmund. He joined SWAPO in 1972.[2][3]

Wentworth was a founding chairperson of the Franco-Namibian Cultural Centre in Windhoek, and chaired the National Commission for Unesco. He was a practising Muslim and had 10 children by his first wife. He was a recipient of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques for his contribution to the Namibian independence struggle. He died of heart failure on 4 June 2014 at his home in Olympia, Windhoek, aged 77.[2]

References
  1. "Buddy Wentworth dies of heart failure". Namib Times. 4 June 2014. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014.
  2. "Former deputy minister Wentworth dies". The Namibian. 5 June 2014. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  3. Nakale, Albertina (5 June 2014). "Buddy Wentworth dies at home". New Era.


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