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Nahas Angula

Third Prime Minister of Namibia

Nahas Gideon Angula (born 22 August )[1][2] is a Namibian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of Namibia from 21 March to 4 December He was succeeded by Hage Geingob in a cabinet reshuffle after the SWAPO Party congress. He subsequently served as Minister of Defence from to

Angula is a member of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO). He was Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport from to and Minister of Higher Education from to

Political career

Angula was born in Onyaanya, Oshikoto Region. He was in exile from Namibia from to During this time he worked for Radio Zambia from to and for the United Nations as a civil servant from to before becoming a SWAPO organizer in He was in charge of SWAPO voter registration in [1] Immediately before independence, Angula was a SWAPO member of the Constituent Assembly of Namibia, which was in place from November to March [3]

Angula became a member of the National Assembly in He was Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport from to and Minister of Higher Education from [1][2] to

Angula received the highest number of votes, (tied with Jerry Ekandjo), in the election to the Central Committee of SWAPO at the party's August congress.[4] He was one of three candidates who sought SWAPO's nomination as its presidential candidate in May [5] He placed third in the first round, receiving votes, while Hifikepunye Pohamba received and Hidipo Hamutenya received , and he was therefore excluded from the second round. Those who supported Angula backed Pohamba almost without exception in the second round of voting, and Pohamba was victorious.[6]

On March 21, , when Pohamba was sworn in as president of Namibia, he announced that he was appointing Angula as Prime Minister of Namibia.[7]

After Hage Geingob was re-elected as SWAPO vice-president on 2 December , and thus confirmed as SWAPO's presidential candidate, Pohamba appointed Geingob to replace Angula as prime minister on 4 December Angula was instead appointed Minister of Defence.[8][9]

Amidst a push for new faces in the National Assembly, Angula opted not to seek a spot on the SWAPO list for the election.[10]

Education and personal life

Angula received a master's degree in education from Columbia University in He never completed his Ph.D. at the Teachers College as SWAPO instructed him to return to Namibia to become the Minister of Education.[11] He is a member of the Lutheran church,[12] as has been his family for generations.

References

  1. ^ abcProfile on Namibian parliament website.[dead link&#;]
  2. ^ abDierks, Klaus. "Biographies of Namibian Personalities". . Retrieved 10 April
  3. ^List of members of the Constituent Assembly,
  4. ^"The ruling party's new Central Committee"Archived at the Wayback Machine, The Namibian, August 27,
  5. ^"Meet the men who are vying for Nujoma's job", Reuters, May 28,
  6. ^Petros Kuteeue, "Pohamba the winner"Archived at the Wayback Machine, The Namibian, May 31,
  7. ^"Namibia's new president takes office", AFP, March 22,
  8. ^"Namibia leader taps trade minister as likely successor", Reuters, 4 December
  9. ^Selma Shipanga and Shinovene Immanuel, "Transition team picked"Archived at the Wayback Machine, The Namibian, 5 December
  10. ^"SPYL hails Swapo list", New Era, 2 September
  11. ^"Namibia's Great Educator". Teachers College - Columbia University. Retrieved
  12. ^"African leader links uranium riches with responsibility for peace". World Council of Churches. 23 April