Wim Udenhout

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]

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
Died22 May 2023(2023-05-22) (aged 85)
Paramaribo, Suriname
Political partyIndependent
Alma materLeiden University

Udenhout died on 22 May 2023, at the age of 85.[6]

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
  6. Wim Udenhout, former Suriname prime minister, dies at 85


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