| Organisation | Constituent Assembly of Namibia |
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| Parent | Namibian National Assembly |
| u.r.l. | http://209.88.21.55/opencms/opencms/grnnet/AboutNamibia/constitution/drafting.html |
| Country | Namibia |
| Location | Windhoek |
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| Sector | Parliament - General |
| Organisation Type | African Government |
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| Stated Role | The implementation of Resolution 435 in 1989 under the supervision of the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations and assisted by the United Nations Transitional Assistance Group led to the first ever democratic elections in Namibia. In November 1989 the Namibian people turned out in big numbers to elect representatives to the Constituent Assembly. Ten political parties registered for the November 1989 elections and 90% of the 701 483 registered voters cast their votes to elect the 72 representatives to draft a Constitution for an Independent Namibia.<P>The South West Africa People's Organisation, SWAPO, won 41 seats in the election, the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) won 21 seats, the United Democratic Front (UDF) secured 4 seats, Action Christian National (ACN) 3 seats and the Federal Convention of Namibia (FCN), the Namibia National Front (NNF) and the Namibia Patriotic Front (NPF) each secured one seat in the Constituent Assembly. <P>Under the chairmanship of Mr. Hage G Geingob the Constituent Assembly drafted the Constitution for the Republic of Namibia in a spirit of give and take. The 72 members of the Constituent Assembly unanimously adopted the Constitution on 9 February 1990. The Constituent Assembly elected the leader of SWAPO, Dr. Sam Nujoma as the first president of independent Namibia. At independence on 21 March 1990 the Constituent Assembly became the first legislature, namely the National Assembly of Namibia.<P> |
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| Parent Tree | Namibian National Assembly |
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| Government of Namibia |
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| Associated Organisations | Namibian National Assembly |
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| Position | Name | From | To |
| Member of Constituent Assembly | Dr Nickey Iyambo | 1989 | 1990 |
| Member of Constituent Assembly | Ngarikutuke Tjiriange | 1989 | 1990 |
| Member of Constituent Assembly | Hidipo Hamutenya | 1989 | 1990 |
| Member of Constituent Assembly | Jerry Ekandjo | 1989 | 1990 |
| Member of Constituent Assembly | Helmut Angula | 1989 | 1990 |
| Member of Constituent Assembly | Willem Konjore | 1989 | 1990 |
| Member of Constituent Assembly | Angura Tshirumbu | 1989 | 1990 |
| Member of Constituent Assembly | Ambassador Professor Dr Peter Katjavivi | 1989 | 1990 |
| Member of Consituent Assembly | Nahas Angula | 1989 | 1990 |
| Member of Constituent Assembly | Marco Hausiku | 1989 | 1990 |
| Member of Constituent Assembly | Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana | 1989 | 1990 |
| Member of Constituent Assembly | Theo-Ben Gurirab | 1989 | 1990 |
| Member of Constituent Assembly | Hifikepunye Pohamba | 1989 | 1990 |
| Record last updated on 13 JUN 2008 |