Wim Udenhout Explained

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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Notes and References

  1. Book: Janssen, Roger . In Search of a Path: An Analysis of the Foreign Policy of Suriname from 1975 to 1991 . 2011. Brill. Leiden. en. 978-90-04-25367-4. 10.1163/j.ctt1w8h0wm. free. 99.
  2. Book: Betty Nelly Sedoc-Dahlberg. The Dutch Caribbean: Prospects for Democracy. 1 January 1990. Psychology Press. 978-2-88124-385-1. 47–.
  3. Book: Robert W. Duemling. Sketches from Life. 2012. Rowman & Littlefield. 978-1-4422-2013-3. 96–.
  4. Book: Richard Price. Sally Price. On the Mall: Presenting Maroon Tradition-bearers at the 1992 FAF. 1994. Indiana University Press. 1-879407-07-8. 50–.
  5. http://www.undp.org.gy/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=295&Itemid=0 UNDP Guyana
  6. https://www.stvincenttimes.com/wim-udenhout-former-suriname-prime-minister-dies-at-85/ Wim Udenhout, former Suriname prime minister, dies at 85