Dirk Mudge, March 9, 2001
dc.contributor.author | Mudge, D. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-10T13:11:58Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-06-10T13:11:58Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-06-10 | |
dc.description | The interview was recorded in Windhoek, Namibia,on March 9, 2001.The Interviewer was Jean Krasno. Dirk Frederik Mudge (born 16 January, 1928 in Otjiwarongo) is a Namibian farmer and former politician. He was a member of the Constituent Assembly and first National Assembly from 1989–1994. He broke with the National Party and sided with the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance of Namibia. He is a wealthy White Namibian farmer by profession.[1] Political career He was Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1980 to 1983, when he resigned due to a lack of progress in independence talks.Joining the Transitional Government of National Unity upon its founding in June 1985, Mudge was chairman of the TGNU in 1986 and 1988. In 1984, Mudge petitioned the apartheid South African government for the release of Namibian leader Andimba Toivo ya Toivo. Mudge was the chairman of DTA during the 1989 election to the Constituent Assembly | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://197.255.68.203/handle/123456789/2991 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Namibia | en_US |
dc.subject | Dirk Mudge | en_US |
dc.subject | SWAPO | en_US |
dc.subject | The Apartheid policy | en_US |
dc.subject | Mr. Roelof (Pik) Botha | en_US |
dc.subject | Koordinerende | en_US |
dc.subject | SWANU | en_US |
dc.subject | Unilateral independence (UDI) | en_US |
dc.title | Dirk Mudge, March 9, 2001 | en_US |
dc.type | Recording, oral | en_US |