Hans Diergaardt
Deceased Person
1927 – 1998
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Who was Hans Diergaardt?
Kaptein Johannes Gerard Adolph Diergaardt, more commonly known as Hans Diergaardt was a Namibian politician and the fifth Captain of Baster community at Rehoboth, succeeding Dr Ben Africa in 1979. He founded a host of local political parties in his life, among them the Federal Convention of Namibia for which he took a seat in the Constituent Assembly of Namibia. Diergaardt is known for his outspoken criticism of black majority rule in the early years of independent Namibia, and for leading a legal attempt to secede the area around Rehoboth from it.
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