Wim Udenhout | |
Office1: | Prime Minister of Suriname |
Term Start1: | 3 February 1984 |
Term End1: | 17 July 1986 |
Predecessor1: | Errol Alibux |
Successor1: | Pretaap Radhakishun |
President1: | Fred Ramdat Misier |
Deputy1: | Frank Leeflang |
Birth Name: | Willem Alfred Udenhout |
Birth Date: | 29 September 1937 |
Birth Place: | Coronie District, Colony of Suriname |
Death Place: | Paramaribo, Suriname |
Nationality: | Surinamese |
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]
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