Anton von Wietersheim, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Namibian politician
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Place of Birth: Windhoek, Khomas Region, Namibia
About Anton von Wietersheim
- Anton von Wietersheim (born 10 June 1951) is a Namibian politician.
- Wietersheim was a member of the Constituent Assembly of Namibia from 1989 to 1990 and was elected to the National Assembly as a SWAPO candidate in 1990.
- He served as Minister of Agriculture before resigning in 1993. In August 2009, Wietersheim re-entered politics as a member of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), an opposition party that was created by dissident members of SWAPO.
- At the party congress in September 2009, Wietersheim was placed at the 5th spot, which was just below the party's central committee.
- In the November 2009 parliamentary election, he was one of eight RDP candidates to win seats in the National Assembly.In September 2010, von Wietersheim and eight other opposition politicians were sworn-in as members of the National Assembly following a six month boycott due to perceived electoral irregularities in the 2009 election which were proven false by the supreme court of Namibia.
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