Name Hifikepunye Pohamba Hifikepunye Pohamba
Surname Pohamba
First Names Hifikepunye Kucas
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Country of Birth Namibia
Positions
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2007   South West African Peoples Organisation President
2005   Office of the President President
2005 2006 SADC Organ on Politics, Defense & Security Affairs Chairperson
2002 2007 South West African Peoples Organisation Vice President
2001 2005 Ministry of Lands & Resettlement Minister of Lands, Resettlement & Rehabilitation
1998 2000 Office of the President Minister Without Portfolio
1997 2002 South West African Peoples Organisation Secretary General
1995 1998 Ministry of Fisheries & Marine Resources Minister of Fisheries & Marine Resources
1990 1995 Ministry of Home Affairs & Immigration Minister of Home Affairs
1990 1995 Namibian National Assembly Member of National Assembly
1989 1990 Constituent Assembly of Namibia Member of Constituent Assembly
1989 1990 South West African Peoples Organisation Head of Administration for SWAPO Election Campaign
1982 1989 South West African Peoples Organisation Worked in SWAPO Headquarters in Luanda
1981 1982   Social and Political Studies Course - Soviet Union
1978 1981 South West African Peoples Organisation Head of SWAPO Operations in Zambia
1977 1989 South West African Peoples Organisation Secretary for Finance
1973 1977 South West African Peoples Organisation SWAPO Chief Representative in East Africa
1970 1973 South West African Peoples Organisation SWAPO Deputy Chief Representative in North Africa
1965 1989   Left Namibia for exile
1964 1964 South West African Peoples Organisation Opened SWAPO Office in Lusaka as Deputy Chief Representative
1964 1964   Detained and placed under house arrest
1962     Return to Namibia as a SWAPO Organiser
1961 1962   Left Namibia for exile
1960   South West African Peoples Organisation Founding Member of SWAPO
1956 1960   Worked in the TCL Mine at Tsumeb
Date of Birth 18 Aug 1935
Political Affiliation SWAPO
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Notes Pohamba replaced independence Leader Sam Nujoma in 2005. For more information see: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4367715.stm [ Retrieved on 05 FEB 2008 ]
Record last updated on 20 JUN 2008