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4 February: President of Namibia Hage Geingob dies at the age of 82. [1] 4 February: Vice-President Nangolo Mbumba is sworn in as 4th President of Namibia; 16 April: Eleven inmates escape from a prison in Katima Mulilo, Zambezi Region. [2] 21 June: A high court rules that two colonial-era laws criminalizing gay sex between men are ...
Events in the year 2021 in Namibia. Incumbents President: Hage Geingob; Vice President: ... This page was last edited on 28 October 2024, at 20:39 (UTC).
General elections were held in Namibia to elect a new president and members of the National Assembly. [1] [2] [3] Initially scheduled on 27 November 2024, these were later extended in some areas to 30 November due to poor planning. Opposition parties decried the move, boycotting the declaration of results and pledging to challenge the results ...
United Nations Commissioner for South West Africa was a post created by the United Nations General Assembly in 1966 to assert the UN's direct responsibility for South West Africa which was then under illegal occupation by apartheid South Africa. [1] UNGA renamed the post United Nations Commissioner for Namibia in 1968. [2]
Elections in Namibia determine who holds public political offices in the country.Namibia is a semi-presidential representative democratic republic. It runs direct elections every five years for the position of the president and seats in the National Assembly, and every six years for the Regional Councils and the distribution of seats in local authorities.
Below is a list of members of the 7th National Assembly of Namibia. [1] They were selected by their parties based on the results of the 2019 parliamentary election. This National Assembly was inaugurated on 20 March 2020. [2] Like each of the previous National Assemblies, it is led by the South West Africa People's Organization. The 7th ...
Deputy Permanent Representative at the United Nations [1] In office 2016–2021: Succeeded by: Neville Gertze: Director of Multilateral Relations and Cooperation [1] In office 2014–2016: Personal details; Born 9 April 1964 (age 60) [2] Windhoek, Namibia: Children: 2: Residence(s) London, United Kingdom: Education
In 1979 he graduated from the United Nations Institute for Namibia (UNIN) with a diploma in Development Studies and Management. He moved on to the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom, where he received his L.L.M. in 1983 and Ph.D. in 1988. Following graduation, Kawana moved back to Zambia, where he became a lecturer in the final years ...