Anton von Wietersheim

Anton von Wietersheim (born 10 June 1951[1]) 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.

[2] 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.

[4] In the November 2009 parliamentary election, he was one of eight RDP candidates to win seats in the National Assembly.

[5] 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.