Wim Udenhout

Willem "Wim" Alfred Udenhout (born 29 September 1937 in Coronie District) was 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 is most recently the Chairman of the Suriname Conservation Foundation.[5]

Wim Udenhout
Prime Minister of Suriname
In office
3 February 1984  17 July 1986
PresidentFred Ramdat Misier
DeputyFrank Leeflang
Preceded byErrol Alibux
Succeeded byPretaap Radhakishun
Personal details
Born
Willem Alfred Udenhout

(1937-09-29) 29 September 1937
Coronie District, Colony of Suriname
Nationality Surinamese
Political partyIndependent
Alma materLeiden University

References

  1. 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.
  2. Betty Nelly Sedoc-Dahlberg (1 January 1990). The Dutch Caribbean: Prospects for Democracy. Psychology Press. pp. 47–. ISBN 978-2-88124-385-1.
  3. Robert W. Duemling (2012). Sketches from Life. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 96–. ISBN 978-1-4422-2013-3.
  4. 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.
  5. UNDP Guyana
Political offices
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
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