What is Dirk Mudge?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Dirk Mudge | image = | caption = | office = Member of the Constituent Assembly / [[National Assembly (Namibia)|National Assembly]] | primeminister = | term_start = 1989 | term_end = 1993 | predecessor = | successor = | office1 = Member of the Council of Ministers | term_start1 = 1980 | term_end1 = 1989 | predecessor1 = | successor1 = | office2 = President of the [[Republican Party (Namibia)|Republican Party]] | term_start2 = 1977 | term_end2 = 1993 | predecessor2 = ''position established'' | successor2 = | birth_name = Dirk Frederik Mudge | birth_date = {{birth date|1928|1|16|df=y}} | birth_place = Rusthof, [[Otjiwarongo]], [[South West Africa]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|8|26|1928|1|16|df=y}} | death_place = [[Windhoek]], Namibia | death_cause = [[COVID-19]] | resting_place = | party = [[Republican Party (Namibia)|Republican Party]] | spouse = Stienie Jacobs | children = 5 | alma_mater = [[Stellenbosch University]] | website = | blank1 = Religion | data1 = [[Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa (NGK)|Dutch Reformed Church]] | accessdate = | signature = | }} '''Dirk Frederik Mudge''' (16 January 1928 – 26 August 2020) was a [[Namibia]]n politician. He was the chairman of the 1975&ndash;1977 Turnhalle Constitutional Conference. He also co-founded the [[Republican Party (Namibia)|Republican Party]] (RP) of Namibia as well as the [[Democratic Turnhalle Alliance]] (DTA). Mudge was a member of the [[Constituent Assembly of Namibia|Constituent Assembly]] and 1st National Assembly until he retired in 1993. Mudge is the founder of Namibia's [[Afrikaans]] daily ''[[Die Republikein]]'' and its publisher [[Namibia Media H