Asmal, Kader

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Name (Latin)
Asmal, Kader
Date of birth
1934-10-08
Date of death
2011-06-22
Place of birth
Stanger (South Africa)
Place of death
Cape Town (South Africa)
Associated country
South Africa
Occupation
Education ministers
Human rights workers
Legislators
Politicians
Minister
Member of Parliament
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 62978553
Wikidata: Q3027094
Library of congress: n 85120608
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Wikipedia description:

Abdul Kader Asmal (8 October 1934 – 22 June 2011) was a lawyer in South Africa and Ireland and later a South African politician. He was a Senior Lecturer in Trinity College Dublin and a professor of human rights at the University of the Western Cape, chairman of the council of the University of the North and vice-president of the African Association of International Law. He was married to Louise Parkinson and had two sons. He was an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, received a doctorate Honoris Causa from Queen's University Belfast (1996) and was a laureate of the 2000 Stockholm Water Prize.

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