Wim Udenhout

Willem Alfred Udenhout was a Surinamese politician. He served as the military-installed Prime Minister of Suriname from February 1984 to July 1986. He had previously been a teacher and, for a time, a Black Power activist. As an academic he had a PhD in English literature from Leiden University. 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. He was also the Chairman of the Suriname Conservation Foundation.
Udenhout died on 22 May 2023, at the age of 85.