Denis Worrall

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Denis John Worrall (born May 29, 1935)^[1] is an academic, businessman and former politician and diplomat. He was South African ambassador to Australia from 1982 to 1984 and then Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1984 to 1987.^[2] He resigned his post in order to return to South Africa and form the liberal anti-apartheid Independent Party with Wynand Malan. He subsequently became one of the three co-leaders of the Democratic Party.

Worrall taught at universities in South Africa (Univ of the Witwatersrand), Nigeria and the United States and edited the first general textbook on the South African government and politics.^[2]

Worrall is the former Vice Chairman of the International Bank of Southern Africa, former chairmam of the Australian mining company Crown Diamonds N.L., director of several other companies and a consultant to the World Bank and several multinational corporations.^[2]

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1. ^ Who's Who in Southern Africa, retrieved 6 January 2008
2. ^ ^{a b c} Swiss Invest Forum, biography of Denis Worrall, retrieved 6 January 2008

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